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Question 1

Which five cognition-emotion interactions that depend on the amygdala and its associated areas have been identified?

Answer 1

1. Implicit emotional learning and memory
2. Emotional modulation of memory
3. Emotional influences on perception and attention
4. Emotion and social behavior
5. Emotion
   inhibition and regulation

Question 2

The afferent signals to the amygdala arrive via which four pathways?

Answer 2

1. Olfactory information (smells) arrives directly at the amygdala without processing in the thalamus
2. Visceral information from the hypothalamus
3. Affect-relevant information also arrives from the hypothalamus, thalamus, and brainstem as well as the orbital cortex and anterior cingulate cortex via the ventral pathway
4. Sensory information arrives directly from temporal lobe structures

Question 3

Name a few implications when trying to measure EF (6)

Answer 3

1. The precise nature of the executive function on a task is unspecified
2. Difficulty of distinguishing between automatic and controlled actions (between cognitive task en EF tasks)
3. The matter of novelty of stimuli
4. Task impurity
5. The examinator determines how the task must be executed
6. Tests using summary or endpoint scores
   Poor ecological validity of EF tests