Vertical integration models

Question 1

Vertical integration models

Answer 1

models about fear acquisition. Attempt to integrate emotional processing over multiple levels of the NS

Question 2

Fear conditioning

Answer 2

Fear elicited by cure or context in which it’s been previouslyu given. Startle reflex and skin conductance responses (SCRs) are used in testing. Amygdala is res[onsible for acquisition. Stimuli bypass thalamus.

Question 3

Fear modification

Answer 3

Fear responses must be revised to take away stress horemones. If this fails (emotional preservation) it’s a hallmark of anxiety

Question 4

Fear extinction

Answer 4

Relies on the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), influences activity in the amygdala

Question 5

Contextual fear condition

Answer 5

Fear of a place is conditioned. Relies on hippocampus (memory). Amnesia patient can’t be conditioned like this

Question 6

Interoception and somatic marker hypothesis

Answer 6

Main forucs is how brain and body guide decision making based on affective info and feedback.

Question 7

Interoception

Answer 7

Monitoring your own mental state. this insula plays a major role (also for bodily representations of emotional states