The brain’s hemispheres are specialized for efficiency. Modern neuroscience shows lateralization enhances function without ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham studied the impact of unilateral DBS on verbal fluency in Parkinson’s patients. Findings showed that electrode implants in the left hemisphere of ...

Right-brain vs. left-brain thinking is often discussed in psychology. Everybody uses both thinking types to some degree, but nearly everyone tends to have one or the other as a primary thinking style.

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 ...

(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 ...