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12 Cards in this Set
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Reticular formation |
Arousal, alertness, wakefulness |
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Amygdala |
Detects, learns about and responds to stimulus properties of environmental objects, including both threat eliciting and reward eliciting association's |
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Basal ganglia |
Motivational modulation of movement and action |
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Striatum and nucleus accumbens |
Brains reward center, responds to signals of reward to produce pleasure, wanting, liking, and approach |
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Ventral tegmental area |
Starting point of brains dopamine based reward center. Manufactures and releases dopamine |
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Hypothalamus |
Responsive to natural rewards in the regulation of eating, drinking, and mating regulates both ANS and endocrine system |
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Insula |
Monitors bodily states to produce gut feelings. Processes feelings associated with empathy, intrinsic motivation, risk, uncertainty, pain and personal agency |
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Prefrontal cortex |
Making plans, setting goals, formulating intentions, right hemisphere activity is associated with negative affect and avoidance motivation. Left hemisphere activity is associated with positive affect and approach motivation |
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Orbitofrontal cortex |
Stores and processes reward related value of environmental objects and events to formulate preferences and make choices between options |
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Ventromedial prefrontal cortex |
Evaluates unlearned emotional value of basic sensory rewards and internal bodily states. Responsible for emotional control |
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Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex |
Evaluates learned emotional value of environmental events and possible courses of action. Responsible for control over urges and risks during pursuit of long term goals |
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Anterior cingulate cortex |
Monitors motivational conflicts, resolves conflicts by recruiting other cortical brain structure for executive or cognitive control over basic urges and emotions |
