Motivation and emotion/Lectures/Brain and physiological needs

Overview
This lecture:
 * explains the role of brain structures, neurotransmitters, and hormones in regulating motivational drives
 * discusses physiological needs, particularly thirst, hunger, and sexual motivation

Take-home messages:
 * The brain is as much about motivation and emotion as it is about cognition and thinking
 * We underestimate how powerful biological urges can be as motivational forces when we are currently not experiencing them

Outline
Motivated and emotional brain
 * Neuroscience
 * Brain structures
 * Subcortical
 * Reticular formation
 * Amygdala
 * Reward centre
 * Basal ganglia
 * Hypothalamus
 * Cortical
 * Insula
 * Prefrontal cortex
 * Orbitofrontal cortex
 * Ventromedial PFC
 * Dorsolateral PFC
 * Anterior cingulate cortex
 * Bidirectional
 * Neurotransmitters
 * Dopamine
 * Serotonin
 * Norepinephrine
 * Endorphins
 * Hormones
 * Cortisol
 * Oxytocin
 * Testosterone
 * Ghrelin (Part B)
 * Leptin (Part B)

Brain app
Install this free app to explore the location and function of important brain structures:


 * 1) 3D Brain (Google Play)
 * 2) 3D Brain (Apple Store)

Readings

 * 1) Chapter 03: The motivated and emotional brain (Reeve, 2018)
 * 2) Chapter 04: Physiological needs (Reeve, 2018)

Slides

 * Motivated and emotional brain (Google Slides)
 * Physiological needs (Google Slides)

Recording

 * Lecture 03 (2023)