PSYC 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Joseph E. Ledoux, Robert Zajonc, Sympathetic Nervous System
13 Jun 2016
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Then conscious awareness and label for the feeling. We have a conscious/cognitive experience of an emotion at the same time as our body is responding. Emotions do not exist until we add a label to whatever body sensations we are feeling. Spillover effect arousal was caused by injections of adrenaline, subjects interpreted their agitation to whatever emotion the others in the room appeared to be feeling, the emotional label spilled over from others. Some emotional reactions develop in a low road through the brain skipping conscious thought (bypassing the cortex) In one study, people showed an amygdala response to certain images without being aware of the image or their reaction. Physiological arousal felt during various emotions is orchestrated by the sympathetic nervous system (arousal) which triggers activity and changes in various organs. It is difficult to see differences in emotions from tracking heart rate, breathing, and perspiration.
