MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS
MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
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Question
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Our arousal response to one event spills over into our response to the next event.
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Sensory input may be routed to the cortex for analysis
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Sensory input may be routed directly to the amygdala via the thalamus for instant emotional reaction
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Negative emotions are linked to right hemisphere
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Detailed explanation-1: -Animal, lesion and neuroimaging studies indicate that incoming sensory signals of fear travel from thalamus to amygdala via two neural pathways: a direct subcortical route and an indirect pathway via the sensory cortex.
Detailed explanation-2: -The amygdala is responsible for processing strong emotions, such as fear, pleasure, or anger. It might also send signals to the cerebral cortex, which controls conscious thought. Signals sent from the thalamus to the autonomic nervous system and skeletal muscles control physical reactions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Information from an external stimulus reaches the amygdala in two different ways: by a short, fast, but imprecise route, directly from the thalamus; and by a long, slow, but precise route, by way of the cortex.
Detailed explanation-4: -The amygdala is commonly thought to form the core of a neural system for processing fearful and threatening stimuli (4), including detection of threat and activation of appropriate fear-related behaviors in response to threatening or dangerous stimuli.