1993
Effects of Emotion on Perceptual Asymmetry in Adolescent Inpatients with Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
BECKER D, DOANE J, WEXLER B. Effects of Emotion on Perceptual Asymmetry in Adolescent Inpatients with Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 1993, 32: 318-323. PMID: 8444760, DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199303000-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttention-deficit hyperactivity disorderRight ear advantageAdolescent inpatientsPerceptual asymmetryHyperactivity disorderPositive wordsAttention-deficit hyperactivity disorder groupEmotional conditionsLower right ear advantageRight-ear advantage scoreEffects of emotionPositive emotional toneDichotic Words TestPositive emotional conditionFunctioning of adolescentsEmotional stimuliAttention-DeficitHemisphere functionNegative wordsStimulus pairsDysfunction hypothesisWord TestBehavioral difficultiesEar advantageEmotional tone
1992
EEG and EMG responses to emotion-evoking stimuli processed without conscious awareness
Wexler B, Warrenburg S, Schwartz G, Janer L. EEG and EMG responses to emotion-evoking stimuli processed without conscious awareness. Neuropsychologia 1992, 30: 1065-1079. PMID: 1484602, DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(92)90099-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConscious awarenessGreater right hemisphere activityEmotion-evoking stimuliEmotion-specific responsesRight hemisphere activityEEG alpha activityRight frontal regionNeutral wordsConscious processingStimulus pairsAuditory perceptsHemisphere activityPositive feelingsFrontal regionsWordsAlpha activityStimuliEEGPerceptAwarenessCorrugatorFeelingsThoughtProcessingEMG responsesThe selective perception and recognition of single words from competing dichotic stimulus pairs
Bonanno G, Wexler B. The selective perception and recognition of single words from competing dichotic stimulus pairs. Consciousness And Cognition 1992, 1: 241-264. DOI: 10.1016/1053-8100(92)90064-h.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAffective valenceSelective perceptionTwo-alternative forced-choice taskNegative affective valenceRecognition of wordsForced-choice taskUnconscious processingWord pairsStimulus pairsCognitive activityPerception effectSingle wordsDichotic presentationInitial consonantsIntertrial intervalControl taskRanking taskWordsTaskValencePerceptionRecognitionConsonantsMemoryAcoustic properties
1991
Cerebral laterality, perception of emotion, and treatment response in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Wexler B, Goodman W. Cerebral laterality, perception of emotion, and treatment response in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Biological Psychiatry 1991, 29: 900-908. PMID: 2049488, DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(91)90056-r.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderEmotion-related wordsNeutral wordsCerebral lateralityLower right-ear advantagesPerception of emotionPositive emotional valenceRight ear advantageDichotic listening testEmotional valenceStimulus pairsOCD patientsListening testsWordsHealthy controlsDepressed patientsSerotonin reuptake inhibitorsLateralityEmotionsDisordersReuptake inhibitorsSevere illnessTreatment responseValencePatients