Exam 9: Emotion

One theory of emotion and the brain from the mid-20th century implicated the hypothalamus,anterior thalamus,cingulate gyrus,and hippocampus.These structures were later named the ________ circuit.

Which of the following results best supports the notion that the amygdala modulates the consolidation of hippocampus-based memories?

When someone is emotionally aroused,the hippocampus plays a modulatory role in strengthening the consolidation of amygdala-based memory.

The amygdala consists of several subnuclei.During fear conditioning,information converges on the ________ of the amygdala and from there projects to the ________.

Which of the following is true regarding the amygdala and emotional learning?

A double dissociation has been demonstrated between people with damage to the ________,who show impairment in the explicit or declarative aspects of fear conditioning,and people with damage to the ________,who show impairment in the implicit or nondeclarative aspects of fear conditioning.

What are some functions of the amygdala in emotional processing? In your answer,describe two experiments that illustrate the conditions in which the amygdala does (or does not)play a role.

The implicit association test (IAT)measures the degree to which social groups are automatically associated with positive and negative evaluations.Which of the following is FALSE regarding this test?

Evidence from cognitive neuroscience suggests that the recognition of the six basic facial expressions of emotion is processed in the amygdala.

The Papez circuit includes the hypothalamus,anterior thalamus,cingulated gyrus,and hippocampus.

The role of the amygdala in learning to respond to stimuli that have come to represent adversive events through fear conditioning is primarily implicit.

Which of the following is typically true of people with bilateral damage to the amygdala?

The mechanism through which the amygdala modulates hippocampus-based learning may be related to the observation that

The human orbitofrontal cortex can be divided into two regions: the ________ and the ________.

The role of the amygdala in emotion and memory has been studied using a form of classical conditioning known as fear conditioning.

How do the hippocampus and amygdala interact in learning and memory? Under what conditions will the amygdala play a role in hippocampus-based learning? Under what conditions will it not?

One laboratory measure that can be used to record implicit physiological reactions to emotionally aversive stimuli is the

How might you investigate the assertion that basic facial expressions of emotion are universal,rather than being culturally relative? Describe an experiment that might inform this issue.

In one conceptualization of emotions (Davidson et al. ,1990),some emotional states such as happiness and surprise create a tendency to ________,whereas other emotional states such as fear and disgust create a tendency to ________.

Which of the following is a way in which the amygdala interacts with hippocampus-dependent memories?