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 ...

As children grow into adolescence, corresponding regions on the left and right sides of their brain function less identically ...

The human brain includes two hemispheres connected by a bundle of nerves. The left hemisphere controls movement for the right side of the body, while the right hemisphere directs the left side. The ...

But researchers were concerned about whether this procedure might have other, less desirable effects. What happens when the right and left sides of the cerebral cortex—responsible for an enormous ...

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 ...

We used to think that the left brain controlled your thinking and that the right brain controlled your heart. But neuroscientists have learned that it’s a lot more complicated. In 2007, an influential ...

There is a myth, yes, it’s a myth, that there are left brained and right brained people. Of course, those are the myth-misfits that say it’s a myth. Neurologically there is a difference between the ...

This color enhanced axial (cross sectional) FLAIR (fluid attenuated inversion recovery) MIR of the brain demonstrates multiple focal areas of increased T2 signal within the white of both cerebral ...

A stroke can affect many of the brain’s essential functions, but the symptoms a person experiences often depend on which side ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How you process language is influenced by how each side of your brain developed in early life. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via ...