Psychological Sexual Identity and Hemispheric Orientation
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of General Psychology
- Vol. 108 (2) , 153-168
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.1983.9711489
Abstract
The study examines gender and psychological sexual identity as alternative bases for the development of hemispheric orientation. Hypotheses anticipated that females place greater reliance upon right hemisphere functions, such as imagery and emotion, whereas males place more emphasis upon left hemisphere functions, such as logical reasoning. This was extended to an examination of the roles of masculinity and femininity within genders upon hemispheric orientation. With a sample of 219 male and 221 female adults, it was found that the male-left hemisphere orientation/female-right hemisphere orientation dichotomy was supported in part. However, this relationship appears to be moderated by a second dimension: females appear more internally oriented, males more externally oriented.Keywords
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