A convenient measure of brain asymmetry in humans is hand dominance—in dogs it’s the wagging of a tail. Previous research has found that patients with schizophrenia are more likely to be left-handed ...

Being left- or right-handed – and the paw, eye, fin and wing equivalents – is a product of genes, development and the environment.

In the study by Rugani et al., chicks were tasked to locate food hidden behind the fourth bottle cap in a vertical row of 10 identical caps. Lateralisation of the brain – the tendency for the left and ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Most people salute the flag by respectfully placing their right hand over their heart, but not everyone does this. That's because some people (1 in 10,000) are born with their heart on the wrong side.

Arousal fluctuates continuously during wakefulness, yet how these moment-to-moment variations shape large-scale functional connectivity (FC) remains unclear. Here, we combined 7T fMRI with concurrent ...