For decades people believed in left brain and right brain personalities, but science shows the truth is far more complex.

Researchers shot lasers into brain cells and triggered illusions on demand—a breakthrough that’s rewriting how we see the ...

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A freed political prisoner refuses to be deported from Belarus and promptly vanishes Surge in Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries sparks Russian fuel shortages ...

A healthy brain maintains a harmony of neurons that excite or inhibit other neurons, but the lines between different types of ...

Are the brains of left-handers different than those of right-handers? A recent study investigated this question from a new ...

Brain imaging is illuminating the patterns linked to productive, positive dialogue, and those insights could help people ...

Recent or chronic depression in older adults is associated with measurable differences in regional brain volumes.

Lateralization of the brain—the tendency for the left and right hemispheres to specialize in different functions—underlies the development of a left-to-right mental number line, according to a study ...

Summary: A study in newborn chicks shows that brain lateralisation is essential for the development of a left-to-right mental number line. Chicks with strongly lateralised brains consistently mapped ...

This fundamental study demonstrates how a left-right bias in the relationship between numerical magnitude and space depends on brain lateralization. The evidence is compelling and will be of interest ...