recognise that emotion occurs within the limbic system, amygdala and prefrontal cortex

what is in the limbic system

hippocampus, hypothalamus, amygdala

where does emotion occur

limbic system, amygdala, prefrontal cortex

hippocampus - emotions

connects past experiences/memories with present emotions - context

explicit-declarative-semantic-episodic

hippocampus emotion eg

feel fear when see dog bc remember past incident where dog attacked you

hypothalamus emotion

regulates emotional responses - controls fear and stress reactions

hypothalamus emotion eg

links emo stimuli to physical reactions - anger, anxiety = sweating, increased heart rate

hypothalamus NS

triggers ANS - SNS fight/flight or ParaNS based on emo stimuli

Amygdala emotion

threat detection - triggers fear, anxiety, anger

automatic response

amygdala and hypothalamus

amygdala recognises threat sends signal to hypo to activate fight/flight

amygdala hippo

amy triggers emo response - hippo links emo with specific memories

emotional memory formation store sig events to help remember events evoking fear, joy, sadness

prefrontal cortex

regulates, evaluates and moderates emotions - inhibiting extreme emo reactions

PFC - amygdala

regulates emotinal intensity inhibiting amygdala when emotions no longer needed - fear, anger

PFC - hypo

modulates physiological responses initiated by hypo - calming heart rate, breating after stress

PFC - hippo

works with hippo to recall emotionally sig memories - influencing future emotional responses