Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain control them. Chief among ...

Left and Right Brain Differences. The two hemispheres of the cerebrum serve different purposes. For example, logic, language, and speech are mostly the jobs of the left side, while creativity ...

But the right hemisphere also is crucial in language: It extracts the implied meaning—that the speaker doesn’t literally have two left feet but has trouble with physical coordination, much as ...

^ to top. Right brain or left brain? "What it comes down to is that modern society discriminates against the right hemisphere." - Nobel Laureate Roger Sperry.

His team's goal is to better understand brain lateralization to treat conditions such as Down syndrome, autism or schizophrenia, where the left and right hemispheres have atypical roles.

If you doubt that the left brain/right brain theory of personality is widespread, try Googling it sometime. ... And, crucially, people don’t have a “dominant” left or right hemisphere.

In contrast, male mice had a very sensitive right hemisphere critical window, but no detectable window on the left. This points to the elusive role sex may play in brain plasticity.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic information into parallel ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic information into parallel ...