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Brain halves become less alike as kids grow, especially in highly intelligent teens

As children grow into adolescence, corresponding regions on the left and right sides of their brain function less identically ...
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The brain relocates its functions depending on the hemisphere used for language in left-handers

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 ...
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Your left and right brain hear language differently. A neuroscientist explains how

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 ...
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Left-Handedness and Brain Asymmetries: How Are They Linked?

Around the world, 10.6 percent of people are left-handed. Handedness is a form of so-called functional brain asymmetry: left-right differences in brain function. In left-handers, the right motor ...