How you process language is influenced by how each side of your brain developed in early life. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic ...

At the fictional Hogwarts school for witchcraft and wizardry in the Harry Potter series, students are sorted into different school houses by a magic hat based on their personalities. Similarly, in ...

The idea that creativity comes from the right brain and logic from the left has shaped popular culture. But neuroscientists ...

The idea that people are strictly left-brained or right-brained personalities is a popular myth. Science shows the brain ...

Why does the brain split visual spatial perception between its hemispheres? A new review by neuroscientists examines the advantages and trade-offs, and how the brain ultimately makes vision feel ...

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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.) Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic information into parallel ...