BRAIN Flashcards
(29 cards)
Social cognition
the ability to understand each other as conscious beings with internal mental states.
Social cognitive neuroscience
how brain function supports the cognitive processes underlying social behavior.
Social cognitive neuropsychiatry
How disturbances in brain function and cognitive processes underlie disturbed social behavior in different psychiatric disorders.
Angular gurus
connects and integrates information from many modalities - visual, auditory, somatosensory, vestibular - to perform complex functions.
Hippocampus and parahippocampal
modulates and regulates agression
Hippocampus
critical for learning and memory, and plays a rol in fear conditioning.
Limbic system
contributes to socially inappropriate behavior.
Posterior cingulate
important in the recall of emotional memories and the experiencing of emotions. A disturbance can cause anger.
Amygdala
involved in generating emotion and memories
Central nucleus
In control of autonomic nervous system and attention and vigilance.
Basolateral nucleus
important in avoidance learning: learning not to do things that result in punishment
cortical necleus
involved in positive parenting behavior
Corpus callosum
(connects your 2 cerebral hemispheres) are much bigger in volume in psychopaths and antisocial personality disorders
Striatum
involved in reward seeking behavior
Lack of activation in prefrontal cortex causes:
- emotional level (anger and rage)
- behavioural level ( risk taking and irresponsible)
- personality level (impulsivity and loss of self control)
- social level (poor social judgement)
- cognitive level (less intellectual)
Damage on central prefrontal cortex causes:
- emotional level (emotionally blunted)
- cognitive level (make bad decisions)
- behavioural level (exhibit psychopathic like behaviour)
What is the effect of hypoxia
partial lack of oxygen at birth is the best predictor of a lack of self control
what can cause affectionless psychopathy
the absence of a warm, continuous, and infinite relationship
What is interaction perspective
interaction between biological and social factors which increases rates of antisocial behaviour.
What is the social push perspective
It’s where an antisocial child lacks social factors that push him to antisocial behaviour. Then biological factors may be the more likely explanation
Epigenetics
how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work.
People who are more prone to aggressive behaviour have deficiencies in:
- emotion regulation and empathy (amygdala)
- reward sensitivity (amygdala and prefrontal cortex)
- executive functioning (prefrontal cortex)
Reductionist approach
they believe that free will does not exist and that it is controlled in the anterior cingulate.
imprisoned individuals with psychopathy have shared characteristics:
- interpersonal manipulation (such as superficial charm)
- an erratic lifestyle (such as being impulsive and thrill-seeking)
- callous effect (such as having a lack of empathy or remorse)
- criminal tendencies
