EMOTION & COGNITION

COGNITION = MENTAL PROCESSES
EMOTION = THEORIES
1. JAMES LANGE
  1. INTERPRETATIONS OF PHYSICAL STATES LIKE AROUSAL
2. LAZARUS
  1. RESULTS FROM CONSCIOUS/UNCONSCIOUS EVALUATIONS OF EVENTS
3. DARWIN
  1. DIFFERENT EMOTIONS ARE BASIC EVOLUTIONARY MODULES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEHAVIOUR
BASIC EMOTIONS: 6 ACROSS CULTURES (EKMAN ET AL 1987)
1. GAZZANIGA ET AL (2009) - DIFFERENT EMOTION MODULES IN BRAIN
  1. SM: AMYGDALA IMPORTANT FOR FEAR
    1. KENNEDY ET AL (2009) SM STANDS TOO CLOSE TO STRANGERS. FMRI AMYGDALA ACTIVE WHEN STRANGERS STAND TOO CLOSE = REGULATES INTERPERSONAL SPACE
STRUCTURAL REGIONS
1. EMOTION
  1. SUBCORTICAL/AUTOMATIC
2. COGNITION
  1. CORTICAL
3. BUT! CAN'T CATEGORISE EMOTIONS: MANY NOT STRONGLY ASSOCIATED WITH UNIQUE REGIONS
  1. SO FOCUS ON HOW EMOTIONS OCCUR ALONG CONTINUUM (FELMANN-BARRETT & RUSSELL 2009)
    1. EMOTIONAL REACTIONS: 2 FACTORS
      1. VALENCE: = OR -
      2. AROUSAL: INTENSITY OF RESPONSE
    2. LINDQUIST ET AL (2012): SET OF REGIONS CONSISTENTLY ACTIVE ACROSS STUDIES ASSESSING EXPERIENCE OF SADNESS, HAPPINESS, FEAR, ANGER
      1. EG. AMYGDALA ACTIVE DURING HAPPINESS IF YOU'RE AROUSED
COGNITION INFLUENCES EMOTION
1. PEOPLE REACT DIFFERENTLY TO SIMILAR SITUATIONS
2. LAZARUS APPRAISAL THEORY: EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE DEPENDS ON CONSCIOUS/UNCONSCIOUS COGNITIVE EVALUATION OF SITUATIONS
  1. SUPPORT: MANIPULATING PERCEPTIONS OF SITUATIONS IN FILMS (VARYING SOUNDTRACK/BACKGROUND STORY) CHANGES PEOPLES EMOTIONS
    1. BUT EVEN WHEN WE KNOW SITUATION IS SAFE, STILL CAUSE STRONG EMOTIONAL REACTIONS EG SCARY FILMS

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