Well, put that way, then perhaps the amygdala does contribute to such "decisions." But again, I'm guessing that while it may not directly influence such actions, it may certainly reflect, structurally and functionally, those actions.
Mike Lee Dept. of Psychology, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 2:09 PM Subject: RE: Student's Question > Poor wording. I ask students to submit written questions when I don't have a > complete answer for them in class. That way I remember to post it. (Now I > will work on reading before posting.) > > The quetion actually is two-fold. First, is the amygdala involved in my > deciding to help another person in an emergency? Second, could a generally > helpful person's amygdala be distinguished from that of a generally > unhelpful person? Would the structure or activity level somehow indicate > that a person would predisposed to be helpful or not? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Lee [mailto:mdlee@;cc.UManitoba.CA] > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 4:00 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Re: Student's Question > > > > Well, I understand that the amygdala screens incoming sensory > information and "decides" whether a person should or should > not withdraw from a situation. But, it seems you are asking > if that structure is involved in the decision as to whether > a person would accept help in an emergency situation? If > so, I have no idea, but I doubt it, and suspect that would > depend on a host of factors, dispositional and situational. > > > On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Is the amygdala involved in responding to help in an emergency? I think he > > is interested if there are differences between responders and > > non-responders. > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
