Limbic System

Question 1

What is Kluver-Bucy Syndrome

Answer 1

a temporal lobectomy that results in decreased fear/agression and flattened emotions

Question 2

which part of the brain is destroyed in someone exhibiting Kulver-Bucy syndrome

Answer 2

amygdala

Question 3

What is the papez circuit

Answer 3

limbic structures, including cortex, are involved in emotion

Question 4

list the papez circuit in order

Answer 4

neocortex <–> cinculate cortex –> hippocampus –> hypothalamus –>ant. nuclei of the thalamus–> cingulate cortex

Question 5

the brain regions that have connections with the ___ are involved in fear, aggression, anger, an dother emotional responses and memories

Answer 5

amygdala

Question 6

the amygdala is centrally involved in ___ ___

Answer 6

emotional responses

Question 7

what emotions are affected by the amygdala (5)

Answer 7

fear, aggression, anger, sadness, and disgust

Question 8

learned fear (fear conditioning) can be elicited in individuaals due to which brain region

Answer 8

amygdala

Question 9

lesions to the amygdala have what affect on aggression

Answer 9

decrease in aggression

Question 10

removal of both cerebral hemispheres, but not the hypothalamus results in

Answer 10

sham rage

Question 11

what is sham rage

Answer 11

anger in a situation that normally would not cause anger

Question 12

PAG plays a role in

Answer 12

affective aggression

Question 13

the medial forebrain and VTA are responsible for

Answer 13

predaory aggression

Question 14

PCPA blocks ___ ___, having what effect on agression?

Answer 14

serotonin synthesis, increases

Question 15

what is learning

Answer 15

an experience-dependent process of obtaining knowledge and acquiring information

Question 16

what is memory

Answer 16

a process of retrieving stored information

Question 17

what is declarative memory

Answer 17

explicit memory involved in facts and events

Question 18

what is nondeclarative memory

Answer 18

implicid tearning involving skills and habits

Question 19

what is procedural memory

Answer 19

a type of nondeclarativ ememory involved in learning motor responses

Question 20

what is the function of hte Medial Temporal Lobe

Answer 20

consolidation and storage of declarative memories

Question 21

what process is involved in transforming a memory from short-term to long-term

Answer 21

consolidation

Question 22

what are the two types of amnesia

Answer 22

retrograds, anterograde

Question 23

what is retrograde amnesia

Answer 23

forget what you already know from most recent past to the distant past

Question 24

what is anterograde amnesia

Answer 24

inability to form new memories

Question 25

Who is an example of anterograde amnesia

Answer 25

H.M.

Question 26

what is transient global amnesia

Answer 26

sudden onset of anterograde amnesia that is temporary

Question 27

what is habituation

Answer 27

a decrease in behavioral response to a repeated non-noxious stimulus

Question 28

what is sensistization

Answer 28

an increased response to a wide variety of stimuli after an intense or noxious stimulus

Question 29

PTSD is an example of

Answer 29

sensitization

Question 30

what is associative learning

Answer 30

behavior altered by formation of associations between events in contrast to changed response to a single stimulus

Question 31

classical conditioning

Answer 31

S-S

Question 32

operant conditioning

Answer 32

S-R