CANLI ET AL!

brain and emotion

10 right handed women, volunteers

Aim: to show impact of emotional images (remembered better) compared to less emotional images.

less arousing normal or neutral images + more arousing negative images

Hypothesis: Is the amygdala sensitive to varying degrees of emotional intensity?

Rated emotional intensity (0-3)

uses IMAPS and fMRI

IV: the intensity of images
DV: amygdala activity, memory of scenes

Showed a positive
correlation with amygdala activation and memory.

The average correlation
between subjects was 0.66 and 0.68.

D&K!

dreaming

7 males, 2 females (5 studied intensively), volunteers

Aim: determine the relationship between eye movements and dreams.

Hypotheses
1) There will be an association between REM and dreaming

2) There will be a positive correlation between duration of dreams and duration of eye movement

3) There will be a relationship between eye movement and dream content

uses EEG; measures voltage

IV1: REM DV1: whether or not dreaming
IV2: 5-15 min eye movement DV2: how long person thinks they're dreaming
IV3: movement pattern DV3: dream content

SCHACTER N' SINGER!

anger and euphoria

185 males from university, volunteers (164 results)

Aim: to test the two-factor
theory of emotion.

Hypotheses
1) If person is in state of arousal with no explanation, they will label the state in terms of cognitions available.

2) If person is in state of arousal and do have explanation, it’s unlikely they’ll label using alternative cognitions.

3) If person is in situation which in the past made them feel emotion, they will emotionally react only if they’re in state of arousal.

anger-euphoria situations, epi misinformed, informed, ignorant and placebo + stooge

IV: knowledge of injection, emotional situation
DV: pulse rate/physiological, observation data (feedback)

ANDRADE!

doodling

sample of 40, from the MRC
Applied Psychology Unit, ages 18-55, opportunity

Aim: to test if doodling aids
in concentration.

participants had just left another lab study; false aim- daydreaming study

Hypothesis: Doodling while
completing an auditory task
will have an impact on
concentration.

*audio (voicemail)- a long, boring relay of names and places

one group was told to doodle, the other only listened.

IV: doodling or not
DV: memory of the info

BAREN-COHEN!

eyes test

Group 1: 15 all male AS/HFA adults
Group 2: 122* males and females
from adult classes as a control *122 participated, but only
Group 3: 103 “normal” adult students (53 male, 50 female)
Group 4: 14 random general population with group 1's IQ

G: people with autism was limited to only males

Ecological validity: slightly higher than average university setting, test taking was a standard procedure, AQ and IQ-type tests are a common thing to take

V: eyes are only part of perceiving emotion, people are generally not static do shows slight deviation

R: study is able to be replicated and the study was standardized

IV: eyes test
DV: performance