Right hemisphere lateralization for emotion in the human brain: Interactions with cognition

Gary E. Schwartz; Richard J. Davidson; Foster Maer

doi:10.1126/science.1179210

Right hemisphere lateralization for emotion in the human brain: Interactions with cognition

Gary E. Schwartz, Richard J. Davidson, Foster Maer

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Right-handed subjects tend to look to the left when answering affective questions. The relative shift in gaze from right to left is accentuated when the questions also involve spatial manipulation and attenuated when the questions require verbal manipulation. The data support the hypothesis that the right hemisphere has a special role in emotion in the intact brain, and that predictable patterning of hemispheric activity can occur when specific combinations of cognitive and affective processes interact.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	286-288
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	190
Issue number	4211
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1179210
State	Published - 1975

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