Exam 13: Emotions

Evidence (such as lesions on the amygdala) points to the amygdala being involved in the feelings of all emotions.

S.M., the woman without fear, was missing her amygdala after damage due to Urbach-Wiethe disease. What happened to her feelings of fear?

Describe Schacter's and Singer's experiment and results that supported the two-factor theory of emotion.

Deep brain stimulation of the ___________ can result in rage and aggression, or in the feeling and symptoms of a panic attack.

Coma-like unconsciousness and anesthesia may occur after taking a very big dose of:

This feature of the hippocampus points to the hippocampus having multiple functions:

The somatic marker hypothesis states that the brain generates __________, guiding decision making through internal cues and emotions.

Electroconvulsive therapy may be useful in treating which disorder?

Fear conditioning heavily involves this brain structure:

What does the case of the woman who suffered from uncontrollable laughter and crying show about the relationship between feeling emotions and displaying them?

The blood-brain barrier is important to the health of the body due to its role in:

One would have impaired ability to feel fear if one had lesions on the:

Corticotropin-releasing hormone and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) are both associated with increased levels of:

A drug that has no actual effect is referred to as a:

Which neurotransmitter is most associated with depression?

Why might a doctor advise against using deep brain stimulation (DCS) on someone with Parkinson's disease?

These regulate the amount of serotonin released via negative feedback mechanisms.

The _________ receives input from the outside world via the thalamus and cortex.

The medial forebrain bundle houses connections to the:

Which of the following is a hormone associated with stress?