Feelings determine from which side we embrace each other. In emotionally charged situations, we tend to hug each other from the left side more often than in neutral contexts, due to the way emotions are processed in the respective brain hemispheres, as reported in the journal Psychological Research.

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Feelings determine from which side we embrace each other. In emotionally charged situations, we tend to hug each other from the left side more often than in neutral contexts, due to the way emotions are processed in the respective brain hemispheres, as reported in the journal Psychological Research.