Emotional control: Limbic system 1. The limbic system 2. The amygdala 2.1 Anatomy of the amygdala 2.2 Principles of function of the amygdala Antonio R. Damasio „Descartes‘ Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain“ Vintage, 2006. Joseph LeDoux „The emotional brain“ Phoenix, 1999.
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Emotional control: Limbic system
1. The limbic system
2. The amygdala
2.1 Anatomy of the amygdala
2.2 Principles of function of
the amygdala
Antonio R. Damasio „Descartes‘ Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human
Brain“ Vintage, 2006.
Joseph LeDoux „The emotional brain“ Phoenix, 1999.
Das Organ der Vorsicht
Phineas Gage (1848)
Lesion in the prefrontal cortex
(The Scientist, Febr. 2010)
Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard Medical
School, Boston
Personality change: disruption of the ability to come to adequate decision
Damage tameness
Electrical stimulation feelings of fear
Amygdala volume and social networks
- Animal species with larger social groups have larger basolateral
amygdala
- Amygdala in primates might have developed due to an evolutionary
pressure for more complex social life
- Larger amygdala could have allowed to develop more complex