PSYC 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Electrodermal Activity, Capgras Delusion, Mcgurk Effect
17 May 2020
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Expression agnosia (psts): due to damage psts (stroke): rh, can recognize faces, can"t recognize emotions, gaze. Don"t smile back when someone smiles at you. Couldn"t tell someone was smiling at them: importance of eye gaze, tracking people"s eyes, can look slightly to the side of someone"s eyes. Capgras syndrome: close friends, relatives imposters . Fregoli"s syndrome: everyone looks familiar, even strangers look familiar, amygdala over activated, case: ex-boyfriend follows me, her boyfriend would stalk her, changing his disguise consistently. Face perception: what we read from faces: Who they are, estimating their age: race, gender, attractiveness, smiles, at least two kinds of smiles. Duchenne (real smile: named after some french guy who studied it, activation of limbic system, feeling positive emotion i. e. happy. A real emotion: limbic system directs muscles on your face to smile, smile fades slowly, corners of eye crinkle (smiling with the eyes, when analyzing face, unconsciously check to see a genuine smile (check to see the eyes)
