Notes:1. Exam corrections and assignment 3

due Thursday.

2. Last exam – last day of class

3. Chapter 24 reading assignment - pgs. 704 - 707

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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 SubjectsProduction 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 LobeDamage

Right temporallobe – obsessive

Left temporallobe – personaldestiny

Social Cognitive NeuroscienceUnderstanding Other’s Actions

STS, Premotor cortexUnderstanding Other’s Mind

Frontal lobe, Amygdala, STS cortexThe Self and Social Cognition

Right frontoparietal network, Cortical midline networkCognitive Control of Emotion

prefrontal and cingulate cortex