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Small numbers are processed in the right side of the brain, while large numbers are processed in the left side of the brain, new research suggests.
Meditative art and drawing can offer much needed "right-brain" stimulation. Brian Bomeisler, lead instructor for Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, suggested in a phone interview that drawing ...
Santiago Ramón y Cajal's drawings of nerve cells changed scientists' understanding of the brain. Now, 80 of those drawings are going on display at an art museum in Minnesota.
Researchers have found a way to help the blind see again—by drawing on their brains. While it may seem like a strange concept, it's actually stimulates a portion of the brain's cortex—V1, the ...
They said the Hobbit's brain had nothing in common with the brain of someone who had the small brain deformity. And, finally, they noted that the cave had bones from seven people, all of them small.
Brain activity while typing notably differed from both handwriting and drawing. Interestingly, these brain activity patterns were similar in the children studied, but seen to a lesser extent.
For two weeks prior to going to the doctor, the man had been feeling mild weakness in his left leg. There weren't any notable abnormalities in his medical history or neurological development, except ...
If one of the copies is defective, the brain will be either too small or too large—known as mirror effect—leading to various neurological symptoms.
How often have you heard a smart person draw praise for having a big brain? It may be just an expression, but according to a new study led by a University of Pennsylvania researcher, that notion ...
Bumblebees, trained to push a ball to a goal to get a treat, show that the insect brain should be judged by its power, not its size.
Damaged cells that cause the most aggressive type of brain cancer collapse and die when exposed to the molecule Vacquinol-1. The molecule makes the glioblastoma tumor cells draw in material from ...
When my kids were small, I had them draw a self-portrait on each birthday. Here's what their early pictures looked like: None of us have any trouble recognizing that this is a picture of a little ...