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]
