Young children usually show language activity in the same
areas on both sides of their brain, Newport noted, and the left side becomes more dominant over time.
Previous brain - imaging research has shown that interpreting metaphors requires a variety of
areas on both sides of the brain, compared with literal language, which is processed in known language areas in the left hemisphere.
Not exact matches
Melding the category strengths and bestselling authors
of both imprints, TarcherPerigee's core publishing
areas include: Self - improvement (such as the runaway successes Start Where You Are by Meera Patel, The Power
of Kindness by Piero Ferrucci, Attached by Dr. Amir Levine, and A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley); Creativity (including interactive books like Adam J. Kurtz's 1 Page at a Time and Me, You, Us by Lisa Currie as well as the multi-million-copy bestsellers Drawing
on the Right
Side of the
Brain by Betty Edwards and The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron); Parenting (the New York Times bestseller Brainstorm by Dr. Daniel Siegel, Carol Kranowitz's go - to guide The Out -
of - Sync Child, and Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids by Dr. Laura Markham); Spirituality (including bestselling titles like Transcendence by Dr. Norman Rosenthal, Goldie Hawn's 10 Mindful Minutes, The Science
of Mind by Ernest Holmes, and I Am the Word by Paul Selig); and Gift / Inspiration (such as the Wall Street Journal bestseller Chasers
of the Light by Tyler Knott Gregson, the New York Times bestseller Catification by Jackson Galaxy and the James Beard Award - winner Imbibe by David Wondrich).
A stroke
on the left
side of the
brain often damages important language - processing
areas.
After exploring the
areas of the
brain that fuel our empathetic impulses — and temporarily disabling other regions that oppose those impulses — two UCLA neuroscientists are coming down
on the optimistic
side of human nature.
Paul Broca was a famous French physician and anatomist whose work with aphasic patients in the 1800s led to the discovery
of Broca's
area; a small patch
of the cerebral cortex just above the temple, specifically
on the left
side of the
brain.
Surprisingly, despite Broca's
area being one
of the most studied human
brain regions, neuroscientists are still not exactly sure what the same region does,
on the other
side of the
brain.
The stroke patients showed activity in the exact same
areas — just
on the opposite
side of the
brain.
But in the case
of a major stroke to the left
side, the corresponding
areas on the right
side of the
brain might already be primed to take over.
Indeed, functional
brain imaging has identified a set
of adjacent regions, referred to as the fusiform face
area (FFA), that are situated
on the left and the right
sides of the
brain, at the bottom
of the temporal lobe
of the cerebral cortex.
They emphasize the interaction between neurons in two
brain areas of the prefrontal cortex — the controlling
area on the front
side of the
brain.
In general,
areas of the
brain that control movement are
on the opposite
side of the body from the limbs they control.
A person whose left hand and arm are paralyzed has sustained damage to the motor
areas on the right
side of the
brain.
But about a decade ago, Leuthardt and Bundy, who is now a postdoctoral researcher at University
of Kansas Medical Center, discovered that a small
area of the
brain played a role in planning movement
on the same
side of the body.
In the mid-1800s, the French physician Paul Broca discovered a region
on the left
side of the
brain that is essential for language; damage to Broca's
area, as it is called, leaves people unable to talk.
On the structural side, individuals who are perceived as having an online game addiction show significant gray matter atrophy in various areas of the brain (right orbitofrontal cortex, bilateral insula, and right supplementary motor area) once examined on brain MRI studie
On the structural
side, individuals who are perceived as having an online game addiction show significant gray matter atrophy in various
areas of the
brain (right orbitofrontal cortex, bilateral insula, and right supplementary motor
area) once examined
on brain MRI studie
on brain MRI studies.
This seahorse - shaped
area is buried inside the temple
on each
side of the
brain and is part
of the limbic system, a set
of inner structures associated with emotion and memory.
Activity in one correlates with awareness
of the external: a network
of lateral frontoparietal
brain areas — the regions
on the outer
side of the frontal and parietal lobes.
The
Brain Injury Association of America describes the following side effects of brain injury on the different areas of the b
Brain Injury Association
of America describes the following
side effects
of brain injury on the different areas of the b
brain injury
on the different
areas of the
brainbrain: