Native signers may get right-brain aid

Use and understanding of spoken language is largely orchestrated by the brain’s left side. However, a team of neuroscientists now suggests that a right-brain area assumes a critical role in deciphering sign language, at least among native signers.

Language-activated brain areas for native and late signers appear in red and yellow. Only native signers show activation of the right angular gyrus, in yellow at back of brain.