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Gen Psych
Fear
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sensory | Organs including eyes, ears, tongue, nose and skin that pick up cues from our surroundings |
| Amygdala | Threat center of the brain that helps us with fight of flight. |
| Autonomic | Nervous system that regulate automatic changes to the body's vital functions |
| Fear | Facial expression that is often the first sign of emotion we notice in others |
| Thalamus | Where signals split and trace two separate paths on their way to the amygdala. |
| flashbulb | Stress hormones released by the fear system that strengthens memory pathways in our brains cause ___ memories. |
| Electrodes | By implanting these into someone's brain, researchers can electrically stimulate areas of the brain and observe the reaction. |
| Lesion | A type of analysis that examines what happens to a brain area when it is not working. |
| Hippocampus | Strctures in the brain that are crucial to the formation and storage of new, long-term memories. |
| fMRI | A scanner that shows changes in blood flow in the brain |
| Loud | People are born with a fear of __ noises. |
| Bicycle face | What antibicyclists claimed was the produce of excessive worry over maintaining balance while riding a bike. |
| Witch hunts | Tragic example of a moral panic at work in 1450 - 1700s |
| Exorcist | Scariest movie ever |
| Neurotransmitters | Chemical messengers that carry signals between neurons in the brain and body. |
| Euphoria | Pleasure |
| Hitchcock | author of "The Enjoyment of Fear" |
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