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BIOLOGY OF EMOTION - Coggle Diagram

- - - - high levels of 5-HIAA: large serotonin release & turnover
- - - - low to moderate arousal
      - characterise either happiness or anger
  - - - increases arousal & attention
      - inhibits action
      - stimulates fear & disgust emotions
  - - - tend to be happier, more out-going & friendlier
  - - - tend to be socially withdrawn, less satisfied w life & prone to unpleasant emotions
    - - problems in ability to identify others' emotions
- - - - feels angry but not fear in these situations
- - - - ppl w weak autonomic/skeletal response should feel less emotion
      - increasing one's response should enhance an emotion
    - - marked by extreme sympathetic nervous system arousal (rapid heartbeat, fast breathing)
  - - - pure autonomic failure: output from autonomic nervous system to body fails
  - - - slower time in reading unhappy sentences
      - weaker than usual emotional responses after watching videos
- - - - fight or flight response
    - - hypothalamus, pituitary gland & adrenal cortex
      - becomes dominant response to prolonged stress
  - - - breathing routines, exercise, meditation
      - social support from loved ones
- - - - increased sympathetic nervous system activity
    - - sympathetic response declines, prolonged alertness
    - - occurs after prolonged stress, decreased energy, heightened response
- - - - low levels may be ill-equipped to combat stress & more prone to damaging effects of stress