PSYCH 345 Study Guide - Advantageous, Visual Cortex, Phineas Gage
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Last exam is monday, dec 14, same time, same place. Check out the opportunities and weblinks folders on ctools! After several trials, they choose cards from decks that yield long-term gains. Gsr when they ponder risky decisions (thinking about deck a. Choose cards from the deck with immediate gain during the entire task. Do not generate anticipatory gsr for risky choices. Vmpfc: interacts with amygdala to initiate and register/represent emotional response. Advantageous, and risk-averse decision-making depends on emotional signals used as somatic. Somatic markers tag/lable options with gut feelings to guide decision making. Gambling task performance does not depend on cognitive. Cards from gambling decks as targets, followed by delay & probe. Vmpfc patients: impaired on gambling task, intact. Dlpfc patients: impaired on the working memory task, but relatively intact performance on the gambling task. Links a course of action to a visceral feeling. Based upon a link between the limbic system and vmpfc memory.
