PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -The right prefrontal cortex has been found to be responsible for coordinating the retrieval of explicit memory for use in speech, whereas the deactivation of the left is responsible for mediating implicit memory retrieval to be used in verb generation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Through functional MRI (fMRI) technology, Davidson demonstrated that the left side of the frontal lobe – known as the left prefrontal cortex – is more active when people feel happy. In contrast, the right side of the frontal lobe – the right prefrontal cortex – is more active when people feel sad.

Detailed explanation-3: -the right prefrontal cortex tends to be more active than the left.-experience emotions more deeply with more brain activation in areas sensitive to emotion. 10 basic emotions; joy, interest-excitement, surprise, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt, fear, shame, and guilt most present in infancy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The valence hypothesis is based on the finding that greater relative right frontal activation was associated with the experience of negative emotion, whereas greater relative left frontal activation is associated with the experience of positive emotion.