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 ...

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 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 ...

Objectives To investigate the effects of overwork on brain structure to better understand its impact on workers’ cognitive ...

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 ...