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| A combination of physical sensations and the conscious experience of a feelings. |
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| A positive (attractive) or negative (aversive) reaction to an object or event. |
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| The use of facial expressions, gestures, and body language to communicate ideas and feelings. |
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| One of two crainal nerve nuclei, located at the level of the pons, that control the facial nerves. |
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| A lie-detector test based on measures of autonomic arousal. |
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| A theory of emotion in which a person's physical state provides cues for the identification of an emotional state. |
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| The ability to relate the feelings of another person. |
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| The relief of tension through the expression of emotion. |
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| A theory of emotion in which the simultaneous activation of physical responses and the recognition of subjunctive feelings occur independently. |
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| A theory of emotion in which general arousal leads to cognitive assessment of the context, which in turn leads to the identification of an emotional state. |
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| An association formed between stimuli and resulting patterns of physical activation. |
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| A collection of symptoms, including tameness, extreme sexual behavior, and oral exploration, that results from damage to the temporal lobes, and the amygdala in particular. |
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| electrical self-stimulation of the brain (ESB) |
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| A behavior engaged in willingly by research subjects that leads to electrical stimulation of certain parts of the brain. |
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| Medial forebrain bundle (MFB) |
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| A fiber pathway that is a major site for electrical self-stimulation. The MFB connects to the substantia nigra and ventral tagmental area with higher forebrain structures, including the hypothalamus and nucleus accumbens. |
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| The intentional initiation of a hostile or destructive act. |
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| A violent reaction to normally innocuous stimuli following removal of the cerebral cortices. |
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| An unpleasant and disruptive state resulting from the perception of danger or threat. |
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| General Adaption Syndrome (GAS) |
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| A three-stage model for describing the body's response to stress developed by Hans Selye. |
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| The first stage of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome, characterized by activation of the sympathetic nervous system in mental alertness. |
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| /6The second stage in Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome, characterized by the person's efforts to maintain normal activities while coping with stress. |
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| The final stage of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome, characterized by extremely low reserves of strength and energy. |
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| A pathway carrying information from the amygdala to the hypothalamus. |
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| Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis |
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| A group of neurons that receive input from the amygdala and activate the HPA axis. |
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| Corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) |
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| A hormone released by the hypothalamus that signals the release of ACTH by the anterior pituitary gland. |
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| The system used by the body to defend against bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances. |
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| A white blood cell; an important feature of the immune system. |
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