The Role of the Right Hemisphere in Processing Danger and Unknowns

The right hemisphere of the brain is responsible for perceiving danger and generating images of potential threats./nHorror movies can elicit fear by leading viewers through a process of imagining dangerous situations./nThe right hemisphere is predominantly influenced by subcortical processes, while the left hemisphere is dominated by the cortex./nThe hippocampus plays a significant role in recognizing mismatches and using the right hemisphere to represent potential outcomes./nThe right hemisphere responds quickly to unknown situations and abstractly represents the range of possibilities.