Structures with psych function

Question 1

fear, sadness, pleasure

Expected result of blood flow

Answer 1

inc blood flow in limbic, dec in higher cortical areas

Question 2

pleasure

Answer 2

orbitofrontal, ACC,, insula

Question 3

making the past meaningful
links valence with memory
richest dopaminergic innervations
motivational salience for lovers

Answer 3

Anterior cingulate gyrus- lights up when you see your crush

Question 4

estimates rewards and punishment

adopt and regulate emotional response to a new stimulus

Answer 4

prefrontal cortex

Question 5

brings emotion/ visceral feelings to consciousness

Answer 5

insula

Question 6

social emotions and moral judgememt

Answer 6

cigar shaped spindle cells/ Von economo located in ACC, insula and prefontal cortex

Question 7

empathy

Answer 7

mirror neurons in ACC and insula

Question 8

pleasure

Answer 8

medial forebrain bundle , septal and lateral hypothalamus