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Neuroscience vs. Psychotherapy:
Exploring The Right/Left Brain Myth

References

Peer-reviewed publications search

Neuroscience Lateralisation

  • Review on brain lateralisation: Güntürkün O, Ströckens F, Ocklenburg S. Brain Lateralization: A Comparative Perspective. Physiol Rev. 2020 Jul 1

  • Asymmetry NOT EQUAL to functional lateralisation : "Two Halves Of The Brain"​

Emotions & Brain Imagery

  • Functional neuroimaging of anxiety : Etkin A, Wager TD. Functional neuroimaging of anxiety: a meta-analysis of emotional processing in PTSD, social anxiety disorder, and specific phobia. Am J Psychiatry. 2007 

Higher mental functions and lateralisation

  • Large study evaluating the left brain dominant vs right brain dominant personality/cognitive style - Nielsen JA, Zielinski BA, Ferguson MA, Lainhart JE, Anderson JS. An evaluation of the left-brain vs. right-brain hypothesis with resting state functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging. PLoS One. 2013 Aug 14

  • Zhao G, Zhang Y, Ge Y, Zheng Y, Sun X, Zhang K. Asymmetric hemisphere activation in tenderness: evidence from EEG signals. Sci Rep. 2018 May 23;

  • ​Salas Riquelme CE, Radovic D, Castro O, Turnbull OH. Internally and externally generated emotions in people with acquired brain injury: preservation of emotional experience after right hemisphere lesions. Front Psychol. 2015 Feb 16;6:101. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00101. PMID: 25762951; PMCID: PMC4329804.

  • Zaidel DW. Split-brain, the right hemisphere, and art: fact and fiction. Prog Brain Res. 2013;204:3-17. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63287-6.00001-4. PMID: 24041316.

Attachment (incl. lateralisation)

Living with one hemisphere

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