Simple Summary We used to think of brains as symmetrical, functioning in the same way on
the left and right sides, but we now know that this is not so. From the small brains of insects …

Brain lateralization is common among vertebrates. However, despite its implications for
higher–order cognitive functions, almost no empirical evidence has been provided to show …

Research on a growing number of vertebrate species has shown that the left and right sides
of the brain process information in different ways and that lateralized brain function is …

Why do the left and right sides of the brain have different functions? Having a lateralized
brain, in which each hemisphere processes sensory inputs differently and carries out …

From an anatomical point of view the left and right sides of the brain of a vertebrate appear
fundamentally identical. Yet, more than a century ago it was discovered that the human brain …

Rogers (2000, Brain and Language, 73, 236–253) suggested that the ubiquity of cerebral
lateralization could be explained by the advantages it provides to individuals in coping with …

Why do the left and right sides of the vertebrate brain play different functions? Having a
lateralized brain, in which each hemisphere carries out different functions, is ubiquitous …

We now know that laterality in various forms is a characteristic of a wide range of species,
and that it apparently developed very early in evolution. Yet, some hundred years had to …

A brain is said to be lateralized if the left and right sides (for example, the left and right
hemispheres) differ from each other in either structure or function. This lateralization can …

In recent years, it has become apparent that behavioural and brain lateralization at the
population level is the rule rather than the exception among vertebrates. The study of these …