Right-brain vs. left-brain thinking is often discussed in psychology. Everybody uses both thinking types to some degree, but nearly everyone tends to have one or the other as a primary thinking style.

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 ...

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For decades, the idea that creativity comes from the right side of the brain has dominated popular culture. People have been told they're either "right-brained" (creative, intuitive) or "left-brained" ...

How you process language is influenced by how each side of your brain developed in early life. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic ...

Second of three monthly parts. Researchers have known for decades that none of the sweeping assertions in the popular press about left brain/right brain differences are supported by solid science.

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You are hardly alone if you believe that humanity is divided into two great camps: the left-brain and the right-brain thinkers — those who are logical and analytical vs. those who are intuitive and ...

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 ...