The right hemisphere is responsible for the understanding of emotion in language

When it comes to the understanding (and expression) of emotion in language, again, despite left hemisphere preponderance for language, the right hemisphere is superior. Emotional language may be possible even when speech is lost through a left hemisphere stroke. It is the right hemisphere that understands the emotional or the humorous aspect of a narrative. Memory for emotional language is in the right hemisphere. Ultimately there is clear evidence that when it comes to recognising emotion, whatever it may be, whether it is expressed in language or through facial expression, it is the right hemisphere on which we principally rely.

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References

• Mcgilchrist, Iain. (2010). The Master and His Emissary Chapter 2 What Do the Hemispheres Do (121). London, UK: Yale University Press.

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