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

But the right hemisphere also is crucial in language: ... The sorts of documented differences between left-brain and right-brain functioning are hardly the stuff of popular generalizations, ...

In the 1960s, legendary neuroscientist, Roger Sperry (1913-1994) conducted pioneering research on functional differences between the left and right cerebral hemispheres.

Eyes and antennae tended to develop in left-right pairs, for example. When early fish began to evolve complex brains, those too developed according to left-right rules. The human brain is very ...

According to Mr McGilchrist, the left and right hemispheres of the human brain have opposing personalities which have been at war ever since the time of Plato, and especially since the Enlightenment.

Most animals, including humans, have functionally lopsided brains. Some things are processed in the left hemisphere, others on the right side. While some of the differences are learned and others ...

Because the right hand is controlled by the left hemisphere of the brain, which contains Broca’s area for language processing, the patients had no problem explaining what they were holding. However, ...

The left and right hemispheres of the brain process language differently, ... These differences may underlie language processing variations and disruptions seen in neurodevelopmental disorders.