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Iain McGilchrist: The divided brain
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Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist describes the real differences between the left and right halves of the human brain. It's not simply "emotion on the right, reason on the left," but something far more complex and interesting. A Best of the Web talk from RSA Animate.
Psychatrist Iain McGilchrist is the author of "The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World." Full bio »
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