A report on Arousal
Physiological and psychological state of being awoken or of sense organs stimulated to a point of perception.
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Emotion
4 linksEmotions are mental states brought on by neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioural responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure.
Emotions are mental states brought on by neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioural responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure.
On the one hand, the physiology of emotion is closely linked to arousal of the nervous system.
Reticular formation
1 linksSet of interconnected nuclei that are located throughout the brainstem.
Set of interconnected nuclei that are located throughout the brainstem.
Neurons of the reticular formation, particularly those of the ascending reticular activating system, play a crucial role in maintaining behavioral arousal and consciousness.
Norepinephrine
2 linksOrganic chemical in the catecholamine family that functions in the brain and body as both a hormone and neurotransmitter.
Organic chemical in the catecholamine family that functions in the brain and body as both a hormone and neurotransmitter.
The effects are manifested in alertness, arousal, and readiness for action.
James–Lange theory
1 linksHypothesis on the origin and nature of emotions and is one of the earliest theories of emotion within modern psychology.
Hypothesis on the origin and nature of emotions and is one of the earliest theories of emotion within modern psychology.
The basic premise of the theory is that physiological arousal instigates the experience of emotion.
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Locus coeruleus
2 linksNucleus in the pons of the brainstem involved with physiological responses to stress and panic.
Nucleus in the pons of the brainstem involved with physiological responses to stress and panic.
The norepinephrine from the LC has an excitatory effect on most of the brain, mediating arousal and priming the brain's neurons to be activated by stimuli.
Dopamine
1 linksNeuromodulatory molecule that plays several important roles in cells.
Neuromodulatory molecule that plays several important roles in cells.
Inside the brain, dopamine plays important roles in executive functions, motor control, motivation, arousal, reinforcement, and reward, as well as lower-level functions including lactation, sexual gratification, and nausea.
Emotion classification
1 linksContested issue in emotion research and in affective science.
Contested issue in emotion research and in affective science.
Most dimensional models incorporate valence and arousal or intensity dimensions.
Reversal theory
1 linksStructural, phenomenological theory of personality, motivation, and emotion in the field of psychology.
Structural, phenomenological theory of personality, motivation, and emotion in the field of psychology.
All high arousal emotions will be experienced pleasantly in the form of excitement when the individual is in the paratelic state – even the most otherwise unpleasant emotions.
Human brain
0 linksCentral organ of the human nervous system, and with the spinal cord makes up the central nervous system.
Central organ of the human nervous system, and with the spinal cord makes up the central nervous system.
The lateral hypothalamus contains orexinergic neurons that control appetite and arousal through their projections to the ascending reticular activating system.
Yerkes–Dodson law
0 linksEmpirical relationship between pressure and performance, originally developed by psychologists Robert M. Yerkes and John Dillingham Dodson in 1908.
Empirical relationship between pressure and performance, originally developed by psychologists Robert M. Yerkes and John Dillingham Dodson in 1908.
The law dictates that performance increases with physiological or mental arousal, but only up to a point.