Lateralized changes in autonomic arousal during emotional processing in patients with unilateral temporal lobe seizure onset

Gregory P. Lee; Kimford J. Meador; David W. Loring; Kathy P. Bradley

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Lateralized changes in autonomic arousal during emotional processing in patients with unilateral temporal lobe seizure onset

Gregory P. Lee, Kimford J. Meador, David W. Loring, Kathy P. Bradley

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The valence model of emotion, which posits cerebral lateralization for positive and negative emotional processing, was investigated in patients with unilateral mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and controls by' measuring skin conductance levels (SCLs) and heart rate (HR) while positive and negative emotional photographs were viewed. Left TLEs exhibited selective SCL hyperarousal when viewing negative emotional slides relative to controls and right TLEs. In contrast, right TLEs showed no significant differences compared with the other groups. Results are consistent with left hemispheric specialization for positive emotional expression. Dysfunction of left mesial temporal lobe structures may result in autonomic hyperarousal and a release of the unrestrained negative emotional tendencies of the right hemisphere.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	743-757
Number of pages	15
Journal	International Journal of Neuroscience
Volume	112
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00207450290025743
State	Published - 2002

Keywords

Autonomic nervous system
Cerebral specialization
Emotions
Galvanic skin response
Heart rate

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