Exam 8: Emotion and Health

Discuss facial expression feedback in relation to the James-Lange theory of emotion.

Estimating the pain of others independently activates different brain regions. Which of the following would you expect to be true in such a situation?

Drugs that inhibit serotonin reuptake, such as the antidepressant fluoxetine, also reduce ______.

Describe the neural circuit involved in defensive and predatory aggression in cats. What areas might be involved in human aggression?

Discuss the contributions of the following brain areas to emotion: hypothalamus, insular cortex, basal ganglia, anterior cingulate gyrus.

Describe what involvement the prefrontal cortex has in the role of processing and experiencing pain.

Norepinephrine increases the rate at which the HIV multiplies.

Lesioning the amygdala would be expected to do what?

If I were to have you make a sad face and then rate your perceptions to a painful stimulus, making a sad face would do what to your pain perceptions (versus making a happy or neutral face)?

Discuss the role of the prefrontal cortex in human emotions. Use the case study at the beginning of the chapter to support your answer.

Individuals with bilateral amygdala damage were tested with carbon dioxide exposure, which produces a feeling of suffocation. What did they experience during the test?

What pain reliever might you expect to have some ability to dampen emotion?

Who first demonstrated that the physical act of manipulating facial muscles to make certain expressions produced the corresponding emotions in the those individuals?