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 ...

Experts say the more we challenge our brains as we age, the more resilient it becomes—and “learning a new instrument is a ...

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 ...

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 ...