Most people take for granted which hand they use to reach for a cup of coffee or a puzzle piece. However, a new study out of ...

For decades, treating major depression has involved a frustrating cycle of trial and error, with patients cycling through medications and therapies while clinicians rely on symptoms and intuition more ...

The left and right cerebral hemispheres are colloquially referred to as "left brain-right brain." The cerebral cortex (Latin for "bark") that encases each hemisphere contains a layer of gray matter ...

(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 ...

Use of inhibitory transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) over the speech area in the right side of the brain significantly improved language recovery in patients with stroke, new research shows. "The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine an emerging speculation about AI ...

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, ...

Imagine a team of 10 smart professionals around a whiteboard, brainstorming the next big initiative. When someone suggests turning the ideas into a presentation, only one person volunteers—not because ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Hysell V. Oviedo, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) Some of the ...