People have a lot of misconceptions about what the brain's left and right hemispheres do, but one well-known aspect of this ...

Research reveals how the brain divides visual input between hemispheres, then seamlessly reconnects it to create a unified, ...

The secret to psychedelic drugs' links to greater empathy and insight may lie in their ability to coax the right hemisphere ...

The left-wing authoritarians of the ... down in the paper — had less cortical (or outer brain layer) thickness in the right anterior insula, which is "associated with emotional empathy and ...

Meanwhile, those who endorsed more extreme forms of left-wing authoritarianism showed reduced cortical thickness in the right anterior insula, a brain area tied to empathy and emotion regulation.

The study found that the left insula shows stronger connectivity with auditory regions in people who struggle with speech in noise, suggesting a permanent rewiring of brain networks that persists even ...