The left hemisphere controls the movement of the opposite (right) side of the body ... occipital lobe—with one of each on either half of the brain. The cerebral cortex is the thin, outermost ...

Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. The human mind holds ... right-brained” is an enduring concept. The left side of the brain is personified as being the logical one, and the ...

The ability of the brain to elaborate new connections and neuronal circuits—neuroplasticity—underlies all learning. Biology and psychology ... bounds over the past half-century.