A convenient measure of brain asymmetry in humans is hand dominance—in dogs it’s the wagging of a tail. Previous research has found that patients with schizophrenia are more likely to be left-handed ...

In the study by Rugani et al., chicks were tasked to locate food hidden behind the fourth bottle cap in a vertical row of 10 identical caps. Lateralisation of the brain – the tendency for the left and ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Being right- or left-handed is a familiar fact about yourself you likely don’t think about much on a day-to-day basis. However, your handedness affects how you interact with the world. For many people ...

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 ...

Most people salute the flag by respectfully placing their right hand over their heart, but not everyone does this. That's because some people (1 in 10,000) are born with their heart on the wrong side.

Most animals, including humans, have bilateral symmetry, which means our bodies are pretty symmetrical. At least on the outside. On the inside, things are different. "If you look at our insides, we ...

The LHCb experiment at CERN has uncovered a fundamental asymmetry in the behavior of baryons. During the Moriond Conference in Italy, the LHCb collaboration at CERN announced that a new milestone had ...