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, the ...

There’s a popular idea that our brains have two sides with two roles. The left side of the brain is analytical and concerned with facts and figures, whereas the right side of the brain is creative, ...

Photo: Esteban Villar-Rodríguez and César Ávila. The Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Group at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón, led by researcher César Ávila, recently published an ...

A study by two neuroscientists found that Infants born deaf or hard of hearing show adverse changes in how their brains organize and specialize, especially in the left hemisphere, which supports ...

The “right brain” has become one of the darling concepts of popular psychology. Matthew Fox, a famous liberal Christian theologian, recently said: “Mysticism is our deep experiences of unity – with ...

The brain divides vision between its two hemispheres—what’s on your left is processed by your right hemisphere and vice versa—but your experience with every bike or bird that you see zipping by is ...

About 10.6 percent of people are left-handed. It is still not well understood why some people prefer to write, draw, and perform other activities with their left hand, while most people prefer to use ...