The left hemisphere handles focussed attention

Deficits in focussed attention are more severe with left hemisphere injury. Although selective attention may be bilateral, it is more typically associated with activity in the left caudate nucleus or left anterior cingulate cortex. Healthy subjects show a left hemisphere preference for choice reactions. And scanning studies suggest focussed attention is associated with activity in the left orbitofrontal cortex and basal ganglia.

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References

• Mcgilchrist, Iain. (2010). The Master and His Emissary Chapter 2 What Do the Hemispheres Do (83). London, UK: Yale University Press.

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