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Perceptual appraisal and attributions toward one’s self or toward others for causality appear to differ as a function of the relative activation of the two brains. This was expressed early on with the balance or valence theories where relative activation of the right cerebral hemisphere was found to correspond with negative affective appraisal of sadness, anger, fear, or disgust. In contrast, relative activation of the left cerebral hemisphere was found to correspond with either a somewhat bland, neutral appraisal of events, ranging to happy or interesting attributions toward others and toward the self. The preponderance of evidence suggests that these cognitive, emotional, and social derivations are lateralized to the brain making them and to the specializations of that cerebral hemisphere.
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Harrison, D. (2015). Attributions and Appraisal. In: Brain Asymmetry and Neural Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13069-9_18
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