The Role of Amygdala in Self-Conscious Emotions in a Patient With Acquired Bilateral Damage

Shame plays a fundamental role in the regulation of our social behavior. One intriguing question is whether amygdala might play a role in processing this emotion. In the present single-case study, we tested a patient with acquired damage of bilateral amygdalae and surrounding areas as well as healthy controls on shame processing and other social cognitive tasks. Results revealed that the patient\u2019s subjective experience of shame, but not of guilt, was more reduced than in controls, only when social standards were violated, while it was not different than controls in case of moral violations. The impairment in discriminating between normal social situations and violations also emerged. Taken together, these findings suggest that the role of the amygdala in processing shame might reflect its relevance in resolving ambiguity and uncertainty, in order to correctly detect social violations and to generate shame feelings

Simona Colarizi, Storia politica della Repubblica. Partiti, movimenti, istituzioni, 1943-2006, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2007

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Riforme di opportunit\ue0, riforme di struttura: le leggi elettorali nella storia della politica italiana

L'intervento ricostruisce le modifiche delle leggi elettorali avvenute in Italia nel periodo liberale, fascista e repubblicano evidenziando quando queste sono state messe a punto per modificare il sistema politico e quando invece sono state avviate per piegare a favore della classe al potere il risultato elettorale