Relationships
Between Functional Asymmetry of the Hemispheres, Subliminal Perception
and Some Defence Mechanisms in Various Experimental Settings
I. Barkoczi, L. Sera & A. Komlosi |
The
role of two hemispheres in processing of emotional stimuli was studied
comparing the data of two experiments and questionaries (1. experiment
on subliminal perception, 2. Bakan's face-to-face situation, 3. defence
mechanism questionaries), with the same subjects. Several indices
obtained in the experimental situations (lateral eye movement, verbal
RT, GSR, EEG) showed unanimously that the right hemisphere was in
general superior in the preprocessing of emotionally loaded stimuli.
The extent of this superiority, however, depends on different degrees
of hemisphericity. This makes possible the formation of different
defence mechanisms on the basis of learning. On the basis of the
results a tentative interpretation of the phenomena of subception
and defence mechanisms is given.
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