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| aim - some scenes cause high arousal hypothesis - the amygdala helps with creating memories |
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| researchers use an fMRI to see the amygdala activated |
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| biological process studied |
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| evolution because how our amygdalas are today have changed over the course of human history |
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| correlational coefficient |
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| there is a positive correlation between the amygdala activation and memory |
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| how much the memory is recalled and how much the amygdala activates |
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| low ecological validity- because it was in done with an fMRI, which can cause a change in how participants behave |
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| the human brain has greatly changed over time to help us remember events so that we don’t do the same thing again |
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| used to watch how much of an amygdala activates and to know if what the participant says is accurate to how much it activates |
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| the pictures added in the second test to fool the participants |
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| genes might affect how one of the participant’s brains worked |
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| the scene shown to participants and how intense it was |
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| from scale of 0-3 with 0 being no intensity and 3 being most intense |
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| Canli et al use a laboratory with an fMRI where participants took their tests |
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| women’s brains show more activity |
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| each picture is put in a category from 0-3 and for the second test categorized in forgotten, familiar, and remembered. |
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| order of scenes were randomized for each participant |
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| participants that took the first test took a similar test again after some time to see how much they remember |
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| amygdala activation correlated with ratings of each scene and how much a memory was remembered |
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| volunteer sampling because all the females were volunteers |
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| allows them to define how pleasant or unpleasant a scene is to see |
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