An experiment and replication measuring lateral eye movement yielded significant differences in the way women responded when required to think from either an I or a we perspective. The larger numbers of left movement in the we groups were inferred to indicate specialization of the right hemisphere. Right movement was linked to ego involvement. Theoretical implications are discussed.
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