Characteristics and Functions of Each Side People traditionally think of the left brain's function as being focused on logic and reason.

Unlike being left- or right-handed, asymmetries in the brain are much more varied, changeable, and subtle than the left-brain ...

The cerebrum is also responsible for muscle function, with the left hemisphere controlling the muscles on the right side of the body and the right hemisphere controlling the muscles on the left.

How the Left and Right Hemispheres Work Together Both sides of the brain collaborate to handle major functions such as language processing and vision. But they are also, to a degree, specialized.

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 ...

There is evidence some brain functions hang out a little more on one side of the brain than the other. For example, language is more on the left and attention is more on the right.

Approximately 10% of the human population is left-handed. Among them, one in five exhibits a peculiar brain phenomenon known as 'atypical language lateralization'. While most people ...

Results suggest that, rather than stimulating both sides of the brain using DBS, unilateral right DBS may avoid DBS-related declines in verbal fluency and response inhibition in patients with movement ...