If you follow political issues, you probably often see references to the "left" and the "right." These terms are ubiquitous. But what do they really mean? Do they capture any systematic distinctions ...

My husband and I are in the car, and he’s driving. I’m giving directions. “Make a left up there,” I tell him, pointing. “Just past the Wawa.” “A left?” Doug says incredulously, seeing­ as there isn’t ...

Here is one version of the left-right spectrum, as described in 1975 by a former Barry Goldwater speechwriter who had left the conservative movement to break bread with Black Panthers and Wobblies.

Have you ever been confused when distinguishing up and down? Or front and back? This almost never happens to anyone. In contrast, a lot of people frequently confuse left and right. Imagine driving in ...

Hysell V Oviedo receives funding from NIH. Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic information into parallel channels – linguistic, emotional and musical – and acts as a biological ...

Most of us have, at one point in our life, confused left and right. Some even may do it frequently. A common situation for left-right confusion is driving in a car and the person in the passenger seat ...