AS Psychology - The Limbic System

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What three areas does the limbic system include?
hippocampus, hypothalamus, amygdala
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What is the role of the hippocampus?
Turning STM into LTM
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What is the role of the amygdala?
Identifying threat and self-preservation
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What is the role of the hypothalamus?
Regulates our hunger, thirst and emotions
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What did Andy and Velamati (1978) do/find?
Stimulated the hypothalamus in cats and found it caused aggressive seizures
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What did Downer (1961) do/find?
He cut the optic nerve and removed the amygdala in monkeys and found if the monkeys saw humans and didnt have an amygdala, they were much calmer.
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What did Hermanns et al (1993) do/find?
He showed that the electrical stimulation of the hypothalamus leads to aggression
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What did Swantje et al (2012) do/find?
He found a negative correlation between the volume of the amygdala and self-reported lifetime aggression in humans
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