Do insects show signs of "handiness"? @lochlanw.bsky.social studies lateralization in flying hawkmoths. He found proboscis, body, and visual lateralization. #ICN2026
July 29, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Do insects show signs of "handiness"? @lochlanw.bsky.social studies lateralization in flying hawkmoths. He found proboscis, body, and visual lateralization. #ICN2026
🚨 New #preprint: The molecular and cellular underpinnings of human brain lateralization
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧠 We identify an acetylcholine-norepinephrine axis underlying functional lateralization, along with mitochondrial and cellular correlates. 🧵1/9👇
#neuroskyence
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧠 We identify an acetylcholine-norepinephrine axis underlying functional lateralization, along with mitochondrial and cellular correlates. 🧵1/9👇
#neuroskyence
The molecular and cellular underpinnings of human brain lateralization
Hemispheric specialization is a fundamental characteristic of human brain organization, where most individuals exhibit left-hemisphere dominance for language and right-hemisphere dominance for visuosp...
doi.org
April 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🚨 New #preprint: The molecular and cellular underpinnings of human brain lateralization
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧠 We identify an acetylcholine-norepinephrine axis underlying functional lateralization, along with mitochondrial and cellular correlates. 🧵1/9👇
#neuroskyence
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧠 We identify an acetylcholine-norepinephrine axis underlying functional lateralization, along with mitochondrial and cellular correlates. 🧵1/9👇
#neuroskyence
Neurological Lateralization is bunk for everyone except me, because my two halves are High Concept Sci Fi Pitches and Transfem Horny Nonsense.
August 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Neurological Lateralization is bunk for everyone except me, because my two halves are High Concept Sci Fi Pitches and Transfem Horny Nonsense.
The molecular and cellular basis of human brain lateralization. Latest paper from @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social led by @loiclabache.bsky.social. @rutgersbhi.bsky.social, @cahbir.bsky.social
🚨 New #preprint: The molecular and cellular underpinnings of human brain lateralization
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧠 We identify an acetylcholine-norepinephrine axis underlying functional lateralization, along with mitochondrial and cellular correlates. 🧵1/9👇
#neuroskyence
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧠 We identify an acetylcholine-norepinephrine axis underlying functional lateralization, along with mitochondrial and cellular correlates. 🧵1/9👇
#neuroskyence
The molecular and cellular underpinnings of human brain lateralization
Hemispheric specialization is a fundamental characteristic of human brain organization, where most individuals exhibit left-hemisphere dominance for language and right-hemisphere dominance for visuosp...
doi.org
April 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The molecular and cellular basis of human brain lateralization. Latest paper from @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social led by @loiclabache.bsky.social. @rutgersbhi.bsky.social, @cahbir.bsky.social
Excellent preprint by a great team @loiclabache.bsky.social @sidchop.bsky.social @xi-hanzhang.bsky.social @avramholmes.bsky.social on the underpinnings of human brain lateralization: an Acetylcholine-Norepinephrine axis for functional lateralization + mitochondrial substrates & cellular correlates🧪
The molecular and cellular underpinnings of human brain lateralization
Hemispheric specialization is a fundamental characteristic of human brain organization, where most individuals exhibit left-hemisphere dominance for language and right-hemisphere dominance for visuosp...
www.biorxiv.org
April 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Excellent preprint by a great team @loiclabache.bsky.social @sidchop.bsky.social @xi-hanzhang.bsky.social @avramholmes.bsky.social on the underpinnings of human brain lateralization: an Acetylcholine-Norepinephrine axis for functional lateralization + mitochondrial substrates & cellular correlates🧪
Nice example of lateralization.
March 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Nice example of lateralization.
📣 New study out today! We show that the brain's language network stays remarkably stable with age — same topography, lateralization, selectivity and connectivity as in younger adults — while the domain-general multiple demand network showed altered activity patterns.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Preserved topography, lateralization, selectivity, and functional connectivity of the language network in older brains - Nature Communications
Here, the authors show that aging affects brain networks differently, with neural changes mirroring the preservation or decline of the cognitive functions they support. The multiple demand network exh...
www.nature.com
August 24, 2026 at 12:24 PM
📣 New study out today! We show that the brain's language network stays remarkably stable with age — same topography, lateralization, selectivity and connectivity as in younger adults — while the domain-general multiple demand network showed altered activity patterns.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thoughtful and generative piece on lateralization by @basilpreisig.bsky.social and Martin Meyer. An important perspective on issues that remain complex. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Predictive coding and dimension-selective attention enhance the lateralization of spoken language processing
Hemispheric lateralization in speech and language processing exemplifies functional brain specialization. Seminal work in patients with left hemispher…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Thoughtful and generative piece on lateralization by @basilpreisig.bsky.social and Martin Meyer. An important perspective on issues that remain complex. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧠 In our new article, Martin Meyer & I argue that the lateralization of spoken language is enhanced by top-down processes—such as predictive coding and dimension-selective auditory attention—which engage left-lateralized sensorimotor networks.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A thread 🧵 1/12
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A thread 🧵 1/12
Predictive coding and dimension-selective attention enhance the lateralization of spoken language processing
Hemispheric lateralization in speech and language processing exemplifies functional brain specialization. Seminal work in patients with left hemispher…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🧠 In our new article, Martin Meyer & I argue that the lateralization of spoken language is enhanced by top-down processes—such as predictive coding and dimension-selective auditory attention—which engage left-lateralized sensorimotor networks.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A thread 🧵 1/12
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A thread 🧵 1/12
Expecting experience, not getting it, the brain adapts
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Developmental alterations in brain network asymmetry in 3- to 9-month infants with congenital sensorineural hearing loss
Early sensorineural hearing loss disrupts lateralization development of the brain network.
www.science.org
October 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Expecting experience, not getting it, the brain adapts
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
8/ Understanding these biological bases of lateralization has profound implications for evolutionary theory and offers clues to neuropsychiatric conditions characterized by atypical lateralization patterns.
April 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
8/ Understanding these biological bases of lateralization has profound implications for evolutionary theory and offers clues to neuropsychiatric conditions characterized by atypical lateralization patterns.
Happy to share that our work is finally published in @commsbio.nature.com!
We identify molecular and cellular signatures of hemispheric specialization, linking language and attention to distinct neurotransmitter, mitochondrial, & cellular organization across the cortex 🧠
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
We identify molecular and cellular signatures of hemispheric specialization, linking language and attention to distinct neurotransmitter, mitochondrial, & cellular organization across the cortex 🧠
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
July 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Happy to share that our work is finally published in @commsbio.nature.com!
We identify molecular and cellular signatures of hemispheric specialization, linking language and attention to distinct neurotransmitter, mitochondrial, & cellular organization across the cortex 🧠
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
We identify molecular and cellular signatures of hemispheric specialization, linking language and attention to distinct neurotransmitter, mitochondrial, & cellular organization across the cortex 🧠
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
Very excited about this work that examines the interaction between lateralization and value-guided construal!
🚨Excited to share my first preprint from my postdoc with @smfleming.bsky.social! 🚨 We explore how attention shapes simplified mental representations for planning. We show that inductive biases characteristic of attentional selection shape how we plan. Check it out: osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧠🔦🤖
OSF
osf.io
May 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Very excited about this work that examines the interaction between lateralization and value-guided construal!
😻😻😻CLEANSING THERMONUCLEAR FIRE IS CANCELED FOR THE EARLY AFTERNOON!
HOORAY HAPPY SLEEPY KITTIES!😻😻😻
I find handedness/cerebral lateralization & its presentations fascinating.
Even better when FLUFFY!
HT @notkaspeck.bsky.social
Moreover, we must destroy ICE.
HOORAY HAPPY SLEEPY KITTIES!😻😻😻
I find handedness/cerebral lateralization & its presentations fascinating.
Even better when FLUFFY!
HT @notkaspeck.bsky.social
Moreover, we must destroy ICE.
Not Japan-related, but since we all need a distraction from The Horrors, Takaya Suzuki points out a study that examined 408 sleeping cats and found the majority (65%) curl leftwards.
I'm not sure how useful this information is, but...it's yours now.
I'm not sure how useful this information is, but...it's yours now.
June 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
😻😻😻CLEANSING THERMONUCLEAR FIRE IS CANCELED FOR THE EARLY AFTERNOON!
HOORAY HAPPY SLEEPY KITTIES!😻😻😻
I find handedness/cerebral lateralization & its presentations fascinating.
Even better when FLUFFY!
HT @notkaspeck.bsky.social
Moreover, we must destroy ICE.
HOORAY HAPPY SLEEPY KITTIES!😻😻😻
I find handedness/cerebral lateralization & its presentations fascinating.
Even better when FLUFFY!
HT @notkaspeck.bsky.social
Moreover, we must destroy ICE.
Predictive coding and dimension-selective attention enhance the lateralization of spoken language processing www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... right-lateralized spectral >left-lateralized temporal; Stronger lateralization for speech; top-down processes drive/amplify lateralized speech processing
Predictive coding and dimension-selective attention enhance the lateralization of spoken language processing
Hemispheric lateralization in speech and language processing exemplifies functional brain specialization. Seminal work in patients with left hemispher…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Predictive coding and dimension-selective attention enhance the lateralization of spoken language processing www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... right-lateralized spectral >left-lateralized temporal; Stronger lateralization for speech; top-down processes drive/amplify lateralized speech processing
🐈🐾🧠
🔓 McDowell, L. J., Wells, D. L., & Hepper, P. G. (2018). Lateralization of spontaneous behaviours in the domestic cat, Felis silvestris. Animal Behaviour, 135, 37–43. doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
🔓 McDowell, L. J., Wells, D. L., & Hepper, P. G. (2018). Lateralization of spontaneous behaviours in the domestic cat, Felis silvestris. Animal Behaviour, 135, 37–43. doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.11.002
doi.org
September 27, 2026 at 7:56 PM
🐈🐾🧠
🔓 McDowell, L. J., Wells, D. L., & Hepper, P. G. (2018). Lateralization of spontaneous behaviours in the domestic cat, Felis silvestris. Animal Behaviour, 135, 37–43. doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
🔓 McDowell, L. J., Wells, D. L., & Hepper, P. G. (2018). Lateralization of spontaneous behaviours in the domestic cat, Felis silvestris. Animal Behaviour, 135, 37–43. doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Congratulations to @olaozpal.bsky.social & big team on new paper: large sample of children reveals the early origins of left-lateralization in language processing.
Nice profile in MIT news:
news.mit.edu/2026/languag...
Nice profile in MIT news:
news.mit.edu/2026/languag...
Language development in the brain
The brain’s capacity to use and understand language expands rapidly in the first years of life. But by age 4, language processing is already handled by the left side of the brain, as in adults, accord...
news.mit.edu
May 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Congratulations to @olaozpal.bsky.social & big team on new paper: large sample of children reveals the early origins of left-lateralization in language processing.
Nice profile in MIT news:
news.mit.edu/2026/languag...
Nice profile in MIT news:
news.mit.edu/2026/languag...
3/ Our multimodal approach integrates fMRI, PET imaging, and transcriptomic analyses, uncovering an acetylcholine-norepinephrine neurotransmitter axis central to functional lateralization.
April 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
3/ Our multimodal approach integrates fMRI, PET imaging, and transcriptomic analyses, uncovering an acetylcholine-norepinephrine neurotransmitter axis central to functional lateralization.
1/4 Lateralization in dolphin echolocation
Echolocation in odontocetes depends heavily on the cerebellum (a convergence with bats), specifically the right cerebellum.
(paper) journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Echolocation in odontocetes depends heavily on the cerebellum (a convergence with bats), specifically the right cerebellum.
(paper) journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
July 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
1/4 Lateralization in dolphin echolocation
Echolocation in odontocetes depends heavily on the cerebellum (a convergence with bats), specifically the right cerebellum.
(paper) journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Echolocation in odontocetes depends heavily on the cerebellum (a convergence with bats), specifically the right cerebellum.
(paper) journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Full marks to the authors of this paper on development of language lateralisation for including data and code!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Precision fMRI reveals that the language network exhibits adult-like left-hemispheric lateralization by 4 years of age - Nature Communications
In this study, the authors show that by age 4, children exhibit adult-like left-hemispheric lateralization of the language network, while response magnitude and functional connectivity continue to dev...
www.nature.com
May 19, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Full marks to the authors of this paper on development of language lateralisation for including data and code!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Expressive lateralization
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Diminutivization and expressive lateralization in Tiania - Morphology
In this paper we provide a descriptive account of the interacting morphological, phonological, and lexical factors determining how diminutives are marked in Tiania [etianíá], an understudied variant o...
link.springer.com
September 3, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Expressive lateralization
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Large fMRI study of language lateralization finds no association with stuttering
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#stuttering #fMRI #laterality
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#stuttering #fMRI #laterality
April 2, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Large fMRI study of language lateralization finds no association with stuttering
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#stuttering #fMRI #laterality
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#stuttering #fMRI #laterality
New paper!
Evidence for an active handoff between hemispheres during target tracking
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
#neuroscience
Evidence for an active handoff between hemispheres during target tracking
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
#neuroscience
Evidence for an active handoff between hemispheres during target tracking
The brain has somewhat separate cognitive resources for the left and right sides of our visual field. Despite this lateralization, we have a smooth and unified perception of our environment. This rais...
www.jneurosci.org
September 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
New paper!
Evidence for an active handoff between hemispheres during target tracking
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
#neuroscience
Evidence for an active handoff between hemispheres during target tracking
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
#neuroscience
Neuroscientist Brenda Milner turns an incredible 108 years old today! In the 1950s she uncovered the role the hippocampus plays in consolidating memories, and in the 1970s she published her seminal studies of speech lateralization. Wishing her all the best today!
tinyurl.com/3am8syhf
#WomenInSTEM
tinyurl.com/3am8syhf
#WomenInSTEM
Building a Kingdom in the Brain’s Unfashionable District: Brenda Milner’s Century of Neuropsychology
There are scales and metrics you use to evaluate the lives of most neuropsychologists, and then there are those you have to invent in order to speak with any degree of justice about people like Brenda...
tinyurl.com
July 15, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Neuroscientist Brenda Milner turns an incredible 108 years old today! In the 1950s she uncovered the role the hippocampus plays in consolidating memories, and in the 1970s she published her seminal studies of speech lateralization. Wishing her all the best today!
tinyurl.com/3am8syhf
#WomenInSTEM
tinyurl.com/3am8syhf
#WomenInSTEM
