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 ...

Have you ever heard people refer to themselves as “left-brained” or “right-brained?” It's a common belief that people with a left brain are more analytical and logical, while people who favor their ...

What does it mean to be left-handed? Well, first and foremost, it is a behavioral preference. Left-handers have the subjective feeling that they prefer to write or perform other complex fine motor ...

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 ...

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 ...

This research was funded by the Wellcome Trust (ISSF/Birkbeck) and the Waterloo Foundation (REF: 917-3756). Whether you’re left, right or ambidextrous, “handedness” is part of our identity. But a lot ...

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 ...