Abstract
The present experiment investigated hemispheric processing in 59 normal subjects who were induced, using a combination of imagery and music, into either a depressed or neutral mood. The induction procedures increased sadness and decreased happiness for subjects in the depressed, but not the neutral mood condition. On a digit-matching task subjects induced into a depressed mood exhibited poorer performance than subjects induced into a neutral mood on right- but not left-hemisphere trials. Furthermore, the pattern of results obtained make it unlikely that the deficits observed on right-hemisphere trials are a consequence of an attentional bias toward material in right hemispace.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 20-27 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 1 |
State | Published - Jan 1992 |
Keywords
- Cerebral asymmetry
- Depression
- Laterality
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Psychology
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology
- Psychiatry and Mental health