Photo: Esteban Villar-Rodríguez and César Ávila. The Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Group at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón, led by researcher César Ávila, recently published an ...

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 ...

Key Points: Scientists continue to uncover the ways in which even mild brain injury influences the brain's functioning. Recent findings suggest that such injuries can have an impact on the structure ...

Approach motivation in right- and left-handers. The way we use our hands may determine how emotions are organized in our brains, according to a new study led by Geoffrey Brookshire, a Ph.D. student in ...

The brain divides vision between its two hemispheres—what’s on your left is processed by your right hemisphere and vice versa—but your experience with every bike or bird that you see zipping by is ...