The Four Lobes · Brain
Each side controls the opposite side of the body.
Your brain is split into two halves, and the wiring crosses over: your left hemisphere controls your right hand, and your right hemisphere controls your left. Nobody is entirely sure why evolution settled on this.
There's more: each side controls the opposite side of the body. The full explanation — and the interactive version you can tap and quiz yourself on — lives in the app.
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