Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine an emerging speculation about AI ...

The left and right cerebral hemispheres are colloquially referred to as "left brain-right brain." The cerebral cortex (Latin for "bark") that encases each hemisphere contains a layer of gray matter ...

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, the ...

Almost everything I thought I knew about right and left brain activity has been stood on its head (so to speak!) by a recent article in my local newspaper. I knew that left-brain dominant people ...

Brain-wide map showing 75,000 analysed neurons lighting up during different stages of decision-making. At the beginning of the trial, the activity is quiet. Then it builds up in the visual areas at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How you process language is influenced by how each side of your brain developed in early life. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via ...