The right side of the brain, however, is responsible for the senses, like vision and hearing, memory, and cognition (thinking). The right brain may also be more active during creative tasks, which ...

For example, we've found the left side of the brain has more focused, specialized connections that may help detect key features of speech, such as distinguishing one word from another.

“If you are not a headache person and this is the worst headache of your life, this could be a sign of an aneurysm or bleed, ...

Most prominently, the heart is on the left side in almost all people, and the liver is on the right, but there are many more subtle asymmetries. Interestingly, not all people have their heart on ...

In a blacked out room, 20 participants wore head caps studded with electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes to measure the brain’s electrical activity. Photon-amplifying tubes to detect UPEs were ...

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“They found some damage on the left side of the brain, which affects the right side [of my body],” Faulkner said. “Now, fortunately, I don’t play guitar with my foot, so that’s fine.

Left and right brains hear speech differently, yet how this divide forms was unclear − until mouse studies showed each hemisphere runs on its own developmental clock.