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Left Brain, Right Brain - or BOTH?

Oct 07, 202230 minSeason 3Ep. 19
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Episode description

The hemispheres of the brain are responsible for different views of the world - one literal, narrow-beam, and maybe a little angry, and the other broad-minded, nuanced, and appreciative of beauty. Psychiatrist, philosopher, and literary scholar Iain McGilchrist has spent his career studying how the two hemispheres of the brain work, together and separately, to forge our understanding of our world. https://channelmcgilchrist.com/

Plus...the curious case of Mr. Phineas Gage.

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