The brain’s hemispheres are specialized for efficiency. Modern neuroscience shows lateralization enhances function without ...

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 ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa Barbara researchers report that only a small ...

In 1882, Mr. L, a teacher and journalist, suffered a stroke, his second. His first attack, five years earlier, had been mild, causing some language problems involving paraphasias, difficulty selecting ...