There's nothing quite like getting lost in an excellent book (or an article from your favorite science news site). But we ...

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from ... The topmost portion is divided into two hemispheres, each with four lobes, within which are many other subdivisions. The cerebral cortex ...

There must be something about the human brain that’s different from the brains of other animals — something that enables humans to plan, imagine the future, solve crossword puzzles ...

Human behaviour is incredibly intricate ... that arm paresis in stroke patients is caused in part by the healthy brain hemisphere dampening activity in the damaged hemisphere, say the researchers.

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from ... The topmost portion is divided into two hemispheres, each with four lobes, within which are many other subdivisions. The cerebral cortex ...

Music actively rewires neural pathways and triggers emotional responses more effectively than meditation, offering easier ...

Reading isn’t natural — it’s something your brain learns to do by reshaping circuits originally meant for other tasks like ...

the behavioral domains of the left and right brain hemispheres that show strong divergence. Top: domains differing most between humans and chimpanzees. Bottom: domains differing most between humans ...

He found that the human brain has specialized functions ... the "bridge" between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, split so that the connection was severed. At first the patient seemed ...

“They found . . . one hemisphere of the brain was in a more vigilant state during the first night of sleep,” said Stufflebeam, who was not involved in the research. The first night effect, which ...