Lateralization of the brain—the tendency for the left and right hemispheres to specialize in different functions—underlies ...

We discuss here two major questions in the study of reading Chinese characters from the viewpoint of experimental psychology. (1) Is there cerebral lateralization? Based on the recent results obtained ...

A study in newborn chicks shows that brain lateralisation is essential for the development of a left-to-right mental number line.

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 ...

In 1865, French physician Paul Broca noted that among patients with brain damage, only those with the left frontal lobe affected had speech difficulties. This is the first time that functional ...

They tend to activate the right half of their brain more for certain tasks and functions. Experts suggest that this difference in brain function could make creativity come more easily. Which hand you ...