Transcript AMIGDALA and FEAR

EMOTIONS
LIMBIC SYSTEM
AMIGDALA
• Amigdala activation correlated with long term
memories with emotional content (Left-Females)
(Right-Males)
AMIGDALA and FEAR
• Autosomic recessive disease showing anterior
medial temporal (amigdala) calcification
• “she didn’t know
what a scared face
looks like”
• Unable to sense
fear in appropriate
conditions
AMIGDALA
• Amigdala activation for stimuli correlated with drug
addiction
AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
• Amigdala and Frontal Cortex iperactivation in unipolar
depression
• Return to baseline after depression recovery
Laughing
Spinal Cord Lesions and
Emotions
• The higher is the lesion the
lower is the emotional
experience
• “A sort of cold rage” “I shout in
anger and I swear because
sometimes people do” “A kind of
mental rage” “I don’t feel the
same passion as before” “I claim
I’m scared but I do not sense the
previous hollow feeling in my
stomach ”