Is self awareness in humans lateralized to the right hemisphere of the brain?
The field of cognitive neuroscience has implied a relationship between the right and the left hemispheres of the brain, and of the sense of self. However, these studies have failed to identify which hemisphere is directly correlated with self-awareness. Based upon the screening of thirty participants, this study will attempt to use the reaction time measurements of Shepard’s rotation task, as a method to determine if the sense of self is correlated with only the right hemisphere of the brain. If recognition time for mental rotation is maximally increased while viewing self-faces in the right hemisphere and simultaneously performing the rotation of the object mentally, this may be an indication that the right hemisphere is connected with self-recognition. Sara Sullivan (Psychology – OT Major) Social Attitudes and Stigma Associated with Acquired Brain Injury: Differences in Severity and Method of Acquisition Social perceptions of stigma have a variety of influences. Two of these influenc
