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Limbic system
Question | Answer |
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Urbach-Wiethe disease | bilateral calcification of the amygdala. Though it does not effect the ability to recognize faces it does effect the ability to discern threat or emotions (facial expressions) |
lateral nucleus of the amygdala is associated with... | fear conditioning. Damage to this nucleus does not prevent one from making an association (explicit memory) between a signal and stimuli (eg airhorn), but will prevent you from forming an emotional memory. |
The amygdala is responsible for what type of conditioning? | Both positive and negative conditioning |
Emotionally arousing events activate sympathetic nervous system and HPA axis thus___ | effecting emotional arousal and improving EMOTIONAL MEMORY |
What improves emotional memory? | emotionally arousing events that increase sympathetic and HPA axis activity |
Electrical stimulation activates ventral tegmental area | will cause some rats to choose stimulation over food and sex. (This area involved in error processing,; analyzing reward) |