S S symmetry Opinion The Brain’s Asymmetric Frequency Tuning: Asymmetric Behavior Originates from Asymmetric Perception Arianna Felisatti 1,*, David Aagten-Murphy 1,2, Jochen Laubrock 1,3, Samuel Shaki 4 and Martin H. Fischer 1 1 Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25 House 14, D-14476 Potsdam OT Golm, Germany;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +49-331-977-2895 Received: 11 September 2020; Accepted: 10 December 2020; Published: 15 December 2020 Abstract: To construct a coherent multi-modal percept, vertebrate brains extract low-level features (such as spatial and temporal frequencies) from incoming sensory signals. However, because frequency processing is lateralized with the right hemisphere favouring low frequencies while the left favours higher frequencies, this introduces asymmetries between the hemispheres. Here, we describe how this lateralization shapes the development of several cognitive domains, ranging from visuo-spatial and numerical cognition to language, social cognition, and even aesthetic appreciation, and leads to the emergence of asymmetries in behaviour. We discuss