Emotions are valenced mental responses and associated physiological reactions that occur
spontaneously and automatically in response to internal or external stimuli, and can …

Simple Summary We used to think of brains as symmetrical, functioning in the same way on
the left and right sides, but we now know that this is not so. From the small brains of insects …

The second edition of The Lateralized Brain provides for readers a volume detailing the
functional and structural differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain …

Left–right hemispheric asymmetry is an important aspect of healthy brain organization for
many functions including language, and it can be altered in cognitive and psychiatric …

Recent large-scale neuroimaging studies suggest that most parts of the human brain show
structural differences between the left and the right hemisphere. Such structural hemispheric …

The amygdala is a core structure in the neuronal network underlying emotion processing in
the vertebrate brain. Its structure and function have been extensively studied in both …

The human cerebral cortex is symmetrically organized along large-scale axes but also
presents inter-hemispheric differences in structure and function. The quantified contralateral …

Coordinated functioning of the two cortical hemispheres is crucial for perception. The human
auditory cortex (ACx) shows functional lateralization with the left hemisphere specialized for …

The study of emotional functioning is of crucial importance for improving the welfare of
domestic animals. The investigation of animal emotions is mainly based on the outcomes of …

The recent paper in PNAS by Johnston et al.(1),“Symmetry and simplicity spontaneously
emerge from the algorithmic nature of evolution,” is focused on how symmetry and …