The terms "left-brained" and "right-brained" refer to the two hemispheres of the brain's cerebrum. The left hemisphere generally focuses more on speech and language, while the right hemisphere ...

The peripheral nervous system extends body-wide, encompassing nerves that branch out from the spinal cord and the brain. The cerebrum is physically divided into two halves—the left hemisphere ...

Have you ever heard people refer to themselves as “left-brained” or “right-brained?” It's a common belief that people with a ...

Shown are MRI scans of a Huntington’s disease (HD) sufferer’s brain (left) and a normal brain (right). In the HD brain, many brain cells have died and fluid (black areas) has filled in those ...

People often tend to attribute personality traits to the two centres of the brain: left and right. Individuals with a dominant left hemisphere, called left-brained people, are said to be ...