The amygdala is a core structure in the neuronal network underlying emotion processing in
the vertebrate brain. Its structure and function have been extensively studied in both …

Functional neuroimaging studies of emotion processing consistently report amygdala
activation. Most of these studies observed lateralized amygdala activity, indicative of a clear …

Hemispheric asymmetries within the brain have been identified across taxa and have been
extensively studied since the early 19th century. Here, we discuss lateralization of a brain …

The amygdala plays a key role in emotional processing. The specific contribution of the
amygdala during the experience of one's own emotion, however, remains controversial and …

Recent large-scale neuroimaging studies suggest that most parts of the human brain show
structural differences between the left and the right hemisphere. Such structural hemispheric …

The brain is built with hemispheric asymmetries in structure and function to enable fast
neuronal processing. In neuroimaging studies, several mental disorders have been …

We have reported previously that there appears to be an intriguing sex-related functional
asymmetry of the pre-frontal cortices, especially the ventromedial sector, in regard to social …

Background While hemispheric specialization of language processing is well established,
lateralization of emotion processing is still under debate. Several conflicting hypotheses …

It is widely accepted that the amygdala plays a crucial role in the processing of emotions.
The precise nature of its involvement is however unclear. We hypothesized that ambivalent …

Abstract The Right Hemisphere Hypothesis (RHH) posits that the right hemisphere is
specialized in processing all emotions; the Valence Hypothesis (VH) suggests a left/right …