AFFECTIVE SELF-REPORT DURING THE INTRACAROTID SODIUM AMOBARBITAL TEST

Authors
AHERN GL HERRING AM TACKENBERG JN SCHWARTZ GE SEEGER JF LABINER DM WEINAND ME OOMMEN KJ
Citation
Gl. Ahern et al., AFFECTIVE SELF-REPORT DURING THE INTRACAROTID SODIUM AMOBARBITAL TEST, Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section A, Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 16(3), 1994, pp. 372-376
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical",Psychology,Neurosciences
Journal title
Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section A, Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
13803395
Volume
16
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
372 - 376
Database
ISI
SICI code
1380-3395(1994)16:3<372:ASDTIS>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Changes in internal affective state were investigated in patients unde rgoing the intracarotid sodium amobarbital test. It was found that whe n the left hemisphere was inactivated, patients rated their mood as si gnificantly more negative than during baseline conditions. No signific ant change in affective state was observed during the inactivation of the right hemisphere. The findings are interpreted in terms of a diffe rential lateralization model of emotion, in which the right hemisphere is more involved in the more powerful and salient negative affects.