Lateralization of the brain—the tendency for the left and right hemispheres to specialize in different functions—underlies ...

A study in newborn chicks shows that brain lateralisation is essential for the development of a left-to-right mental number line.

Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain control them. Chief among them is speech perception, the ability to interpret language. In people ...

Approximately 10% of the human population is left-handed. Among them, one in five exhibits a peculiar brain phenomenon known as atypical language lateralization. While most people attribute their ...

People have a lot of misconceptions about what the brain's left and right hemispheres do, but one well-known aspect of this division may be even more true than people realize: The brain not only ...

Left Brain - Right Brain We Are Still Under the Spell of Split-Brain Research New research suggests that most people are more neurally balanced than we think.

Approximately 10% of the human population is left-handed. Among them, one in five exhibits a peculiar brain phenomenon known as 'atypical language lateralization'. While most people ...

Key points Left vs. right brain function focuses on differences. New research on the hemispheric asymmetry for perceiving and understanding speech reveals a hidden symmetry. We may be ...