On the surface, the two hemispheres of vertebrate brains look almost perfectly symmetrical,
but several motor, sensory, and cognitive systems show a deeply lateralized organization …

Comparative studies on brain asymmetry date back to the 19th century but then largely
disappeared due to the assumption that lateralization is uniquely human. Since the …

Lateralization of brain and behavior in both humans and non-human animals is a topic that
has fascinated neuroscientists since its initial discovery in the mid of the nineteenth century …

Lateralizations of brain structure and motor behavior have been observed in humans as
early as the first trimester of gestation, and are likely to arise from asymmetrical genetic …

Popular culture, from movies, advertising, to self-help books, is captivated by left-brain/right-
brain differences and how these might influence our personalities, moods, and capabilities …

Hemispheric asymmetries play an important role in almost all cognitive functions. For more
than a century, they were considered to be uniquely human but now an increasing number …

In the vast clade of animals known as the bilateria, cerebral and behavioral asymmetries
emerge against the backdrop of bilateral symmetry, with a functional trade-off between the …

It is widely acknowledged that the left and right hemispheres of human brains display both
anatomical and functional asymmetries. For more than a century, brain and behavioral …

The left and right hemispheres of our brains differ subtly in structure, and each is dominant in
processing specific cognitive tasks. Our species has a unique system of distributing behavior …

The brain relies on interhemispheric communication for coherent integration of cognition
and behavior. Surgical disconnection of the two cerebral hemispheres has granted …