Emotional processing is lateralized in the human brain
the verdict
SUPPORTED
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Neuroimaging, clinical, and comparative studies demonstrate that human emotional processing exhibits functional lateralization and valence-dependent hemispheric asymmetries.
Evidence for · 3
Hemispheric Asymmetry for Affective Stimulus Processing in Healthy Subjects–A fMRI Study
2012 · cited by 68
fMRI evidence demonstrates region-specific functional lateralization and valence asymmetries during emotional stimulus processing.
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Hemispheric specialization of the basal ganglia during vocal emotion decoding: Evidence from asymmetric Parkinson's disease and 18FDG PET
2018 · cited by 23
Patients with asymmetric Parkinson's disease demonstrate that right fronto-striatal networks and hemispheric specialization play a specific role in vocal emotion decoding.
Seeing both sides: dogs' eyes reveal valence-sensitive shifts between emotional states.
2025 · cited by 1
Animal studies using dogs demonstrate dynamic, valence-sensitive hemispheric shifts in emotional processing.