NROC61H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Papez Circuit, Anterior Nuclei Of Thalamus, Mammillary Body
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Lec09 emotions definition: emotions are biologically based responses to situations that are seen as personally relevant. 2. stimulus body response fear feel afraid because heart is pounding peripheral body responses influencing emotions: experiment forcing a a. smile b. frown. 4. results : more likely to increase a movie if smiling a. i. especially duchenne (full facial) smiling b. less likely to enjoy a movie if frowning. 1. stimuli body response + subjective experience of fear stimuli makes me feel afraid and my heart pounds. 2. if we experience physiological arousal, we look for cues to find an explanation for our feelings a. sometimes emotions can be misattributed. 1. stimulus body response interpretation (cognition) fear my pounding heart means im afraid because i interpret the situation as being dangerous modern theory. 3. creaky bridge study suggests that: physiological arousal only influences intensity of emotion, without distinguishing between emotions themselves neural basis of emotion.
