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 ...

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 manages ...

Inspired by owls and their amazing ability to find their prey by hearing alone, my team decided to test how good humans are ...

The backstory is our 2008 study using the Wada test [6]. This test was developed by the Japanese neurologist Juhn Wada to assess the language lateralization of neurosurgical patients prior to surgery ...

Infants born deaf or hard of hearing show adverse changes in how their brains organize and specialize, but exposure to sound and language may help them develop more normally, according to new research ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - A test commonly used to screen newborns for hearing problems may give false positives in as many as 35 percent of cases, a new University of Michigan study finds. Besides causing new ...