Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain control them. Chief among ...

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.

For example, speech emanates from the left side of the brain for most right-handed people. ... determined which parts, or sides, of the brain were involved in language, math, ...

In general, the left hemisphere controls much of the brain’s language and logic skills, while the right hemisphere controls spatial awareness and visual understanding. Even though one side of the ...

Away from home, people sleep with one ear open. In unfamiliar surroundings, part of the left hemisphere keeps watch while the rest of the brain is deeply asleep, scientists report April 21 in ...

While the left side of the brain was believed to control motor functions, like making certain linguistic sounds, the right side was thought to decipher whether the sound was correct. In this new ...

Weighing only about 3 pounds, the brain is a highly complex part of your body. It’s appearance is symmetrical but its functions are asymmetrical. It is split into two hemispheres: left and right.

Scientists have discovered that the left side of the brain controls the verbal expression of our long-term 'semantic' memory which contains facts, meanings, concepts and knowledge.

Most animals, including humans, have functionally lopsided brains. Some things are processed in the left hemisphere, others on the right side. While some of the differences are learned and others ...

Handedness represents one form of functional hemispheric asymmetries—e.g., left-right differences in the brain. Specifically, in left-handers, the motor cortex in the right side of the brain ...

And the left and right hemispheres are not the same. They are highly similar and redundant, though. Most processes that you'd find on the left side also take place on the right, and vice-versa.