BIOL 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Schizophrenia, Startle Response, Magical Thinking
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Contol groups also made characteristic errors but in the opposite direction. Made the line a little bit the left of center. Led to theories of hemisphere dominance in size judgment of a spatial test. On average, you"re not dead center you"re a little to the left, because the rh is dominating on the task (spatial task) Your lh is not as specialized for this test so it does not process the right end of the line. Your rh processes the left end of the line more. Rh responds more strongly to left side of space than the lh to the right side of space. Lh directs less attention to the right side than the rh to the left side. Increased rh activation is predicted to increase pseudoneglect. Psuedoneglect has become the title for normal functioned people to experience the opposite neglect as those with rh damage. Inhibition and avoidance responses to aversive stimuli (unpleasant stimuli)
