Applied Pathophysiology- Altered Mood Review Questions and Answers

Moon Internal, subjective psychological state, which directs how a person feels and perceives the world Limbic System A set of structures in the brain that deal with emotions and memory Hypothalamus Autonomic control in emotions Prefrontal Cortex Judgement, decision-making Amygdala Emotionally charged memories Hippocampus Long-term memory Anterior cingulate cortex Empathy, impulse Cingulate gyrus Emotional memories Attention Culturally influenced process of selectively concentrating on information Attention is what two things? 1. A cognitive process 2. Behavior Reflexive Attention -automatically attend to a loud unexpected noise -occurs "bottom up"; RAS control Executive Processing -filtering distractions and attend only to things that are important to him or her -occurs "top down"; frontal lobe and basal ganglia Visual Attention -requires executive processing -attention is concentrated and focused -information is placed into memory and given meaning (processing the info) Classifications of attention (simple to complex) -Focused -Sustained -Selective -Alternating -Divided