Right hemisphere
Responsible for atypical word meanings; parallel thinking: thinking of multiple things at once; global information; withdrawal emotions: fear and anxiety; anomaly detector; prosody; spatial perception; Not responsible for speech or consciousness
Prosody
Emotional tone of language
Spatial neglect syndrome
Caused by right hemisphere damage; neglect of the left side of the world
Left hemisphere
Responsible for speech/language meaning; Broca’s and Wernicke’s area; consciousness; linear and sequential thinking; details; approach emotions: happy, positive, and anger; status quo and scripts