MRCPsych on the Go: Revision Essentials
Hello! My name is Dr Aalap Asurlekar, and I am a psychiatry trainee in the UK. I created MRCPsych on the Go to make revision for the MRCPsych exams easier to fit around busy clinical work.
This podcast is designed for psychiatry trainees preparing for Paper A, B, CASC but also, medical students. Each episode focuses on key syllabus topics and explains them in clear, structured language to help you understand and retain the most important concepts.
Topics range from psychopathology, psychopharmacology, neuroscience, sociology, behavioral science, psychological therapies to clinical assessment. Episodes include exam style questions and clinical scenarios to support active recall and exam preparation.
The aim is to provide focused, high yield psychiatry revision you can listen to during commutes, walks or between shifts.
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MRCPsych on the Go: Revision Essentials
23. Does The Brain Lead the Body: The Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion
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What if your fear and your racing heart arrive at exactly the same moment, neither one causing the other?
In this episode, we explore the Cannon-Bard theory as a direct challenge to the James-Lange theory. We cover Cannon's four key criticisms of James-Lange, the role of the thalamus in generating simultaneous emotional and physiological responses, and LeDoux's low road model of fear processing.
Topics include the fight-or-flight response, the dual pathway theory of fear, the amygdala, and the clinical relevance of rapid subcortical fear processing to PTSD, phobias and exposure-based therapies.
Ideal for MRCPsych Part A revision, psychology students and anyone interested in the neuroscience of emotion.
Aligned with the Royal College of Psychiatrists MRCPsych Part A syllabus, paragraph 1.1.8.