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 ...

Researchers using high-resolution brain scans are finding that when hearing starts to slip, the brain does not simply “turn up the volume.” Instead, MRI studies have linked poorer hearing to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How you process language is influenced by how each side of your brain developed in early life. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via ...