7 - Emotions + Memory

Question 1

what are the 5 components of an emotional system?

Answer 1

expression changes
physiological arousal
behaviour
subjective affect
cognitive appraisal

Question 2

how do cerebral lesions affect fear conditioning?

Answer 2

they do not affect fear conditioning

Question 3

how do lesions in the amygdala affect fear conditioning?

Answer 3

they abolish it completely

Question 4

what are the effects of bilateral amygdala lesions in animals?

Answer 4

• curiosity overcoming fear
• impaired recognition of emotional expressions
• impaired recognition of fear from movie stills
• generalises to other emotions

extremely rare in humans as amygdala is very deep

Question 5

more complex emotions such as empathy and guilt involve what brain structures?

Answer 5

empathy/guilt

Question 6

what is the primacy effect?

Answer 6

• remembering words at the start of the list better
• seen in short term and long term memory

Question 7

what is the recency effect?

Answer 7

• remembering words at the end of the list better
• applies to short-term memory only

Question 8

what typically scares people more than motor or other cognitive symptoms?

Answer 8

memory impairment