PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Damage to which of the following brain structures may cause the inability to detect the emotional significance of facial expressions, especially those demonstrating fear?

A	Hippocampus
B	Thalamus
C	Cerebellum
D	Hypothalamus
E	Amygdala

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Amygdala lesions in humans early in life produce impairments in identifying the emotion in facial expressions, particularly those depicting fear (Adolphs, Tranel, Damasio, & Damasio, 1994).

Detailed explanation-2: -Acquired amygdala damage reliably impairs fear conditioning, and behavioural, physiological and (in humans and perhaps other species, subjective) responses to threats [6–9].

Detailed explanation-3: -The amygdala is particularly responsible for the processing of emotion and self-relevance. Individuals with damage to the amygdala have been observed to have emotion recognition deficits while keeping the perception of others’ eye gaze direction intact.

Detailed explanation-4: -The limbic system is the part of the brain involved in our behavioural and emotional responses, especially when it comes to behaviours we need for survival: feeding, reproduction and caring for our young, and fight or flight responses.

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