title: Internally and externally generated emotions in people with acquired brain injury: preservation of emotional experience after right hemisphere lesions.
abstract: The study of emotional changes after brain injury has contributed enormously to the understanding of the neural basis of emotion. However, little attention has been placed on the methods used to elicit emotional responses in people with brain damage. Of particular interest are subjects with right hemisphere [RH] cortical lesions, who have been described as presenting impairment in emotional processing. In this article, an internal and external mood induction procedure [MIP] was used to trigger positive and negative emotions, in a sample of 10 participants with RH damage, and 15 healthy controls. Emotional experience was registered by using a self-report questionnaire. As observed in previous studies, internal and external MIPs were equally effective in eliciting the target emotion, but the internal procedure generated higher levels of intensity. Remarkably, participants with RH lesions were equally able to experience both positive and negative affect. The results are discussed in relation to the role of the RH in the capacity to experience negative emotions.
authors.affiliation: Head Forward Rehabilitation Centre Manchester, UK ; School of Psychology, College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Bangor University Bangor, UK.
authors.forename: Christian E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Salas Riquelme
authors.affiliation: Manchester Institute of Education, Manchester University Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Darinka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Radovic
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Terapia Ocupacional, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Osvaldo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Bangor University Bangor, UK.
authors.forename: Oliver H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Turnbull
keywords: brain injury; emotion; emotion elicitation; emotional experience; right hemisphere