Affective prosody: What do comprehension errors tell us about hemispheric lateralization of emotions, sex and aging effects, and the role of cognitive appraisal

▸ Results do not support Valence Hypothesis of emotional lateralization. ▸ Results support the Right Hemisphere hypothesis of emotional lateralization. ▸ Results also support the Emotion Type hypothesis of emotional lateralization. ▸ Aging impairs the ability to comprehend primary but not social emotional stimuli. ▸ Minor sex effects are observed related to specific emotional stimuli.