Notes:1. Exam corrections and assignment 3

due Thursday.

2. Last exam – last day of class

3. Chapter 24 reading assignment -

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“Emotion”

Human Neuropsychology (486 / 686)

Lecture Chapter 20

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Feeling EmotionSix basic emotional expressions: Sadness

Happiness, Surprise, Fear, Anger, Disgust

What is Emotion?

Four behavioral components of emotion

Physiology

Distinctive motor behavior

Self-reported cognition

Unconscious behavior

Historical Views:Investigating the Anatomy – diencephalon

and affective responses

The Emotional Brain – Papez

Cortical Connections of Emotion – Klüver Bucy Syndrome, Psychosurgery

Studies in Normal Subjects

Production of Affective Behavior –

facial expression

Perception of relevant stimuli –

vision, audition

Personality differences

Brain Circuits for Emotion

Amygdala and Prefrontal cortex especially important

Neuropsychological Theories of Emotion

Damasio’s Somatic Marker Hypothesis - When confronted with a stimulus of biological importance, the brain and body change

- fundamental to survival- necessary for rationale decisions

LeDoux’s Cognitive-Emotional Interactions -

Neuropsychological Theories of Emotion

Neuropsychological Theories of Emotion

Cognitive Asymmetry and EmotionRight hemisphere more engaged in automatic

components of emotionGenerates strong emotions

Left hemisphere plays a role in the cognitive control of emotion

Interprets emotions

Asymmetry in Emotional Processing

Asymmetry in Emotional Processing

The Production of Emotional Behavior

Left hemisphere – depression, emotional reactionsRight hemisphere – indifference, tone of voice

Asymmetry in Emotional Processing

Asymmetry:

Temporal Lobe

Damage

Right temporal

lobe – obsessive

Left temporal

lobe – personal

destiny

Social Cognitive Neuroscience

Understanding Other’s ActionsSTS, Premotor cortex

Understanding Other’s MindFrontal lobe, Amygdala, STS cortex

The Self and Social CognitionRight frontoparietal network, Cortical midline network

Cognitive Control of Emotionprefrontal and cingulate cortex