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- 3. A personality pattern characterized by a lack of empathy, shallow emotions, manipulativeness, and often antisocial behavior.
- 8. A brain structure involved in memory formation and learning, especially linking emotions to memories.
- 10. A brain imaging technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to create detailed pictures of the brain and body.
- 11. A small, almond-shaped structure in the brain that processes emotions, especially fear and threat detection, and helps trigger the body’s stress response.
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- 1. _____________ complex. It he primary input station, receiving sensory information from the thalamus and cortex to process emotions, specifically mediating fear conditioning, anxiety, and reward-based decision-making.
- 2. ________ Amygdala Volume The combined size of both the left and right amygdala in the brain, often studied to understand emotional processing and behavior.
- 4. ________ Response: The body’s automatic reaction to perceived danger, involving physical and emotional changes (like increased heart rate and alertness), often referred to as “fight, flight, or freeze.”
- 5. __________ is a stress hormone that your adrenal glands make and release.
- 6. ______-Unemotional Traits Personality characteristics marked by a lack of empathy, guilt, and emotional expression, often associated with difficulty forming emotional connections.
- 7. Lower-than-normal levels of activity in a specific part of the brain.
- 9. It increases activity in the __________ nervous system, promoting immediate action.
- 12. The root word of the amygdala is the _______ word amygdalē (or amygdale), which does mean "almond".