Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here for more information

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Free Full Text (Free PDF) Free
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Demaree, H. A.
Right arrow Articles by Harrison, D. W.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Demaree, H. A.
Right arrow Articles by Harrison, D. W.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews, Vol. 4, No. 1, 3-20 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1534582305276837
© 2005 SAGE Publications

Brain Lateralization of Emotional Processing: Historical Roots and a Future Incorporating "Dominance"

Heath A. Demaree

Case Western Reserve University

D. Erik Everhart

East Carolina University

Eric A. Youngstrom

Case Western Reserve University

David W. Harrison

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

This article provides a review of research on the hemispheric specialization in emotional processing during the past 40 years and the theoretical models derived from the conceptual analysis of these results. The publications reviewed here were collected to better appreciate the cortical lateralization of emotional perception (visual and auditory), expression (facial and prosodic), and experience. Four major models of emotional processing are discussed—the Right Hemisphere, Valence, Approach-Withdrawal, and Behavioral Inhibition System–Behavioral Activation System models. Observing the relative merits and limitations of these models, a new direction for exploration is offered. Specifically, to better appreciate the strength and direction (i.e., approach versus withdrawal) of experienced emotions, it is recommended that state "dominance" be evaluated in the context of asymmetrical activation of left-frontal (dominance) versus right-frontal (submission) brain regions.

Key Words: emotion • affect • brain • lateralization • asymmetry • valence • approach • withdrawal • dominance • neuropsychology


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Cereb CortexHome page
M. Bertini, M. Ferrara, L. De Gennaro, G. Curcio, F. Moroni, F. Vecchio, M. De Gasperis, P. M. Rossini, and C. Babiloni
Directional Information Flows between Brain Hemispheres during Presleep Wake and Early Sleep Stages
Cereb Cortex, August 1, 2007; 17(8): 1970 - 1978.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurosci.Home page
F. Godinho, M. Magnin, M. Frot, C. Perchet, and L. Garcia-Larrea
Emotional modulation of pain: is it the sensation or what we recall?
J. Neurosci., November 1, 2006; 26(44): 11454 - 11461.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neuropsychiatry Clin. Neurosi.Home page
J. Quickfall and D. Crockford
Brain Neuroimaging in Cannabis Use: A Review
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, August 1, 2006; 18(3): 318 - 332.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Behav Cogn Neurosci RevHome page
D. E. Everhart, H. A. Demaree, and A. J. Shipley
Perception of emotional prosody: moving toward a model that incorporates sex-related differences.
Behav Cogn Neurosci Rev, June 1, 2006; 5(2): 92 - 102.
[Abstract] [PDF]