The Scientific American digs into why creative people are often sort of, well, weird: Albert Einstein picked up cigarette butts off the street to get tobacco for his pipe; Howard Hughes spent entire ...

A flurry of new research is bringing the “Left Brain vs. Right Brain” debate back to life. The left cerebral hemisphere controls speech, academic, and analytical processes; the right cerebral ...

Eight summers ago, I found myself in a D.C. yoga studio sitting in a circle with several other women. No one was in a downward dog position, and hardly any of us were wearing stretchy pants. Any ...

Brain scans indicate that left-handed people think differently from right-handed people. They tend to activate the right half of their brain more for certain tasks and functions. Experts suggest that ...

Our eyes, gestures, and tone bring us together in a more profound way than words alone. It’s why we look hopefully toward the return of in-person, face-to-face connection. A flurry of new research is ...

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