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emotional content of the situation. Thus, the subjects'

abilities to comprehend the emotional context of these in

vivo situations is not confounded with the perceptual

problems that are common in patients with RHD.

 Third, multiple response systems of emotion were

 examined in the present study. Specifically, skin

 conductance responding was used because it seems to be

 sensitive to emotional arousal (Greenwald, et al., 1989).

 Corrugator and Zygomatic EMG were examined because they have

 found to be useful indicators of emotional valence

 (Greenwald, et al., 1989). Additionally, heart rate was

 examined because it has been found to be useful in the study

 of anticipation (Lang et al., 1978). By using multiple

 response systems, the presence of potential differential

 breakdown, (i.e., dissociation between verbal report and

 autonomic responding), could be examined following

 hemispheric stroke.

 Before discussing the manner by which hemispheric

strokes affected emotional experience in this study, the

data from the normal subjects is discussed. It is important

to present the data on the normal subjects first to insure

that the tasks produced data that fits with the current

knowledge base regarding the psychophysiology of emotion.

The summary of the findings based on the differential

responding in the normal subjects is presented below,