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

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

Are you a left-brained thinker or a right-brained thinker? We all know that we use our left-brains for logical thinking and our right-brains for creative thinking. We also shape our self-image around ...

One of the most significant ideas regarding the lumpy landscape of the human brain is that it is split into two sides down ...

There’s a popular idea that our brains have two sides with two roles. The left side of the brain is analytical and concerned with facts and figures, whereas the right side of the brain is creative, ...

The idea that creativity comes from the right brain and logic from the left has shaped popular culture. But neuroscientists ...