Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Hemispheric specialization in nonverbal communication.

L I Benowitz, D M Bear, R Rosenthal

    Cortex; a Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior
    |April 1, 1983
    PubMed
    Summary
    This summary is machine-generated.

    Related Concept Videos

    You might also read

    Related Articles

    Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

    Sort by
    Same author

    Functional Connectivity is Reduced in Early-stage Primary Progressive Aphasia When Atrophy is not Prominent.

    Alzheimer disease and associated disorders·2017
    Same author

    Linking human brain local activity fluctuations to structural and functional network architectures.

    NeuroImage·2013
    Same author

    Classification of primary progressive aphasia and its variants.

    Neurology·2011
    Same author

    Cholinergic systems in mammalian brain identified with antibodies against choline acetyltransferase.

    Neurochemistry international·2010
    Same author

    Post-transcriptional regulation of GAP-43 rnRNA levels during neuronal differentiation and nerve regeneration.

    Molecular and cellular neurosciences·2009
    Same author

    Clinical trajectories and biological features of primary progressive aphasia (PPA).

    Current Alzheimer research·2009
    Same journal

    Temporal acceleration drives the probability cueing effect in visual search: Evidence for early attentional deployment (N1pc) at high-probability locations.

    Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior·2026
    Same journal

    The cognitive construction of moral scenes: Associations of visuospatial ability and impulsivity with perspective and vividness in mental simulation.

    Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior·2026
    Same journal

    Theta band activity during event-file retrieval is influenced by stimulus salience in the preceding action episode.

    Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior·2026
    Same journal

    Language recovery in Hungarian speakers with aphasia: Roles of phonology and intraindividual variability.

    Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior·2026
    Same journal

    Neural and behavioral dissociations of self-focused and other-focused incentives in trust.

    Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior·2026
    Same journal

    A multiverse analysis of the logical memory test and plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease.

    Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior·2026
    See all related articles

    Right hemisphere damage impairs nonverbal emotional evaluation, especially facial expressions. Left brain damage causes milder deficits, indicating right-hemisphere dominance in processing emotional cues.

    Area of Science:

    • Neuroscience
    • Psychology
    • Cognitive Science

    Background:

    • The brain's hemispheres process information differently.
    • Understanding emotional cue interpretation is crucial for social cognition.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the role of the right and left hemispheres in evaluating emotional situations.
    • To determine hemispheric specialization for processing nonverbal emotional cues.

    Main Methods:

    • Comparing emotional evaluation abilities in subjects with right hemisphere damage versus left hemisphere damage.
    • Analyzing split-brain patient data on facial expression and body movement interpretation.

    Main Results:

    • Right hemisphere damage significantly impaired the evaluation of nonverbal emotional cues, particularly facial expressions.

    Related Experiment Videos

  • Left hemisphere damage resulted in milder deficits in emotional evaluation.
  • Isolated right hemisphere showed competence in facial expression evaluation but less sensitivity to body movements.
  • Isolated left hemisphere demonstrated the opposite pattern, being less sensitive to facial expressions but more to body movements.

    • Conclusions:

    • The right hemisphere plays a dominant role in the evaluation of nonverbal emotional cues, especially facial expressions.
    • Hemispheric specialization exists for processing different types of nonverbal emotional information.