Limbic system
Brain structures & neural networks involved in processing emotion & long term memory
Amygdala
Fight, flight, or freeze
Triggers fear or aggression depending on side activated damage causes loss of fear aggression, passiveness
Hypothalamus
Autonomic nervous system
Body temp, thirst.
Hormones alert hypothalamus of bodily states.
In response, hypothalamus directs other glands to release hormones
Hippocampus
Brain regions affected by alz.
Stores into into long t memory