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Michael S. Fanselow Professor Department of Psychology University of California-Los Angeles |
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Michael S. Fanselow Professor Department of Psychology University of California-Los Angeles |
Fear: From Function to Physiology
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| 24 March Guest Lecture for
Spring 2000 Graduate Seminar: Evolution & Learning |
ABSTRACT:When we experience an aversive or stressful event in a particular situation, we experience fear when we return to that context. I will describe some of the neural circuitry that acquires and stores these emotional memories. Much of the talk will focus on two forebrain structures, the hippocampus and amygdala, both of which make critical but very different contributions to contextual fear. I will also try to relate the contributions these regions make to specific cognitive processes. |
| SEMINAR TALK: Translating Fear into Action: A Functional Behavior Systems Analysis of Defensive Behavior |
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SEMINAR TALK ABSTRACT: This talk will define fear within a functional behavior systems framework. It will talk briefly about what sort of stimuli cause fear. Then I will go on to suggest that the behavioral patterns with which we express fear depend on the level of fear we experience. I will also touch upon how midbrain areas participate in this decision making process. |
RELATED READING:
Fanselow, M.S. & J.E. LeDoux. 1999. Why we think plasticity underlying Pavlovian fear conditioning occurs in the basolateral amygdala. Neuron23:229-232.Fendt, M. & M.S. Fanselow. 1999. The neuroanatomical and neurochemical basis of conditioned fear. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 23:743-760. Fanselow, M.S. 1999. Learning theory and neuropsychology: Configuring their disparate elements in the hippocampus. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal & Behavior Processes 25:275-283 (ABSTRACT). Fanselow, M.S. 1997. Species-specific defense reactions: Retrospect and prospect. In: M.E. Bouton & M.S. Fanselow (eds.), Learning, Motivation, and Cognition: The Functional Behaviorism of Robert C. Bolles. (Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association), pages 321-341. Fanselow, M.S. 1994. Neural organization of the defensive behavior system responsible for fear. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 1:429-438. ONLINE RESOURCES: Dr. Fanselow's Departmental Page |
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