Popular belief is that the left hemisphere of the brain is for rational, analytical and logical thinking and the right hemisphere of the brain processes visual and audio logical stimuli, spatial ...

The Myth of ‘Creative Right Brain’ vs. ‘Logical Left Brain’ The concept that most people fit neatly into left-brain or right-brain categories isn’t really backed up by evidence, says Tworek.

The long-standing belief that left-handed people are more creative has been challenged by a new meta-analysis of over a century of research.

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 left and right sides of the brain became personified in the characters Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (one side of which is good and the other evil). This leads to associations of order and chaos, too.

The phrase “left and right brain” refers to the anatomical halves, or hemispheres, of your brain. It’s popularly believed that the left and right hemispheres are distinct, controlling ...

In contrast, male mice had a very sensitive right hemisphere critical window, but no detectable window on the left. This points to the elusive role sex may play in brain plasticity.

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.

Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic information into parallel channels—linguistic, emotional and musical—and acts as a biological multicore processor. Although scientists have ...

Your left and right brain hear language differently − a neuroscientist explains how. By Hysell V. Oviedo, Washington University in St. Louis June 4, 2025 ...