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The Divided Brain
by meditative - November 18th, 2011.Filed under: Mindful News, Events, & Resources.
In this new RSAnimate, renowned psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist explains how our ‘divided brain’ has profoundly altered human behavior, culture and society.
He explains that the left and right hemispheres of the brain always work together, yet each side has different specializations. He posits that their strengths (and physical size) have evolved with the demands of modern life, and that although the left hemisphere has historically received a greater dominance of attention, we cannot possibly cultivate a balanced understanding of the world without seemingly equal input from the right hemisphere. Rationality and intuition may be distinct parts of our perceptual being, but united, they return us to a broader context of understanding…
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