Implications for Development of Hemispheres

Left Hemisphere

• Language

• Sequential, logical thinking

• Social emotions (guilt, remorse, pride)

• Inhibition

• Maltreatment ? slower functioning

• Explicit memory

Right Hemisphere

• Nonverbal communication

• Primary emotions

• Internal representations

• Selective attention

• Physiological regulation

• Implicit memory

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