Low to moderate autonomic arousal and a tendency to approach, which could characterize either happiness or anger. Activity of the left hemisphere, especially its frontal and temporal lobes
Pure Autonomic Failure
Dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system, which regulates involuntary bodily functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, and digestion
Panic Attack
Rapid breathing in particular makes people worry that they are suffocating, marked by extreme sympathetic nervous system arousal
Limbic System
Forebrain areas surrounding the thalamus, regarded as critical for emotion
James-Lange Theory
Autonomic arousal and skeletal actions come first. What you experience as an emotion is the label you give to your responses
Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS)
Increases attention and arousal, inhibits action, and stimulates emotions such as fear and disgust. Increased activity of the frontal and temporal lobes of the right hemisphere
Botulinum Toxin (BOTOX)
Blocks transmission at synapses and nerve-muscle junctions
