The brain’s hemispheres are specialized for efficiency. Modern neuroscience shows lateralization enhances function without ...

Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain control them. Chief among them is speech perception, the ability to interpret language. In people, the ...

Approximately 10% of the human population is left-handed. Among them, one in five exhibits a peculiar brain phenomenon known as atypical language lateralization. While most people attribute their ...

Jill Bolke Taylor, neuroscientist, gave an amazing account of having and then recovering from a stroke on the left side of her brain. It changed her life and her perspective. Before the stroke, she ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic information into parallel ...