Psyc4130 1nd Edition Lecture 25 Outline of Last Lecture I II III IV V VI VII VIII Cracking The Nut Noteworthy Brain Regions Obliterates Conditioned Emotional Responses Lesions of vmPFC Spontaenous Recovery Rapid Reacquisition Toxoplasmosis in Rodents Kluver Bucy Syndrome Humans with Amygdala Damage Outline of Current Lecture I Ted Talk II Cortical Structures III Humans with Amygdala Damage IV Ventromedial PFC V PFC The Morality Factor VI vmPFC Damage in Adults VII Example Scenarios Current Lecture Ted talk Rebecca Saxe How We Read Each Others Minds o Don t study criminals study jury o TMS to RTPJ o Takes a long time to develop throughout childhood Cortical Structures Consistently Implicated in Emotional Processing Testable Role of RTPJ role of consequences Look past actual results and consider what the actors intentions were not results valence weight persons morals or intended bad outcome o Intended vs incidental harm o Not moral decision making part of brain but RTPJ waits what they intended to happen how severely judged should they be Humans with Amygdala Damage These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Judgments of trustworthiness of strangers in strange situations are markedly skewed from normal Ventromedial PFC Holding the Amygdala in Check Optimizing survival and reproduction requires a balance between being paralyzed by fear and engaging in calculated risk taking overcome by apprehensions o Optimum scenario is compromise between risk scenario paralyzed fear Darwinism The primary brain structure in control of extinguishing conditioned fear responses is the vmPFC o vmPFC is reciprocally connected with the amygdala o We can take an objective analysis but we cant extract emotional PFC The morality factor General principle of cog science o Cortical processing is absolutely required for normal conscious experience Motion blindness results from damage to specific areas of cortical damage to structures in dorsal visual stream Following PFC damage o Absence of anger sadness pleasure etc o Little to no empathy or regard for the rights of others o Act zombie ess space cadet become passive vmPFC Damage in Adults Damage to vmPFC occurring in adulthood due to disease or accident often leaves theoretical social judgment abilities intact while greatly impairing ones ability to apply these judgment in real life situations Emotional dysregulation and instability low frustration tolerance heightened irritability elevated anxiety etc BUT NO RELATIONSHIP between cog abilities which may be quite high and real world competencies which are typically very impaired Example Scenarios Table 11 1 o Brownies nonmoral o Speedboat impersonal moral scenario o Lifeboat personal moral scenario
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