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Implicit self and the right hemisphere: Increasing implicit self‐esteem and implicit positive affect by left hand contractions
Author(s) -
Quirin Markus,
Fröhlich Stephanie,
Kuhl Julius
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.2281
Subject(s) - psychology , implicit attitude , right hemisphere , lateralization of brain function , affect (linguistics) , left and right , contraction (grammar) , social psychology , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , communication , medicine , structural engineering , engineering
Abstract Unilateral hand contraction typically activates the contralateral hemisphere and has led to changes in psychological states and performances in previous research. Based on a right hemisphere model of the implicit self, we hypothesized and found that left hand contraction increases momentary levels of implicit self‐esteem (Studies 1 and 2) and implicit positive affect (Study 3). The findings are discussed with respect to potential differences between the hemispheres in implicit and explicit affective processing and how they can be integrated in the existing literature on hemisphere asymmetries.