Parallel but independent reduction of emotional awareness and corpus callosum connectivity in older age.

Differential functional specialization of the left and right hemispheres for linguistic and emotional functions, respectively, suggest that interhemispheric communication via the corpus callosum is critical for emotional awareness. Accordingly, it has been hypothesized that the age-related decline i...

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Main Authors: Martine Skumlien, Donatas Sederevicius, Anders M Fjell, Kristine B Walhovd, René Westerhausen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209915