The master and his emissary : the divided brain and the making of the western world
(2019)
By:
Landvik, Lorna
Nonfiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Tantor Audio, 2019
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (27hr., 15 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781618031563 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT12413870, 1618031562 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 12413870
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Narrated by Dennis Kleinman
This pioneering account sets out to understand the structure of the human brain-the place where mind meets matter. Until recently, the left hemisphere of our brain has been seen as the "rational" side, the superior partner to the right. But is this distinction true? Drawing on a vast body of experimental research, Iain McGilchrist argues while our left brain makes for a wonderful servant, it is a very poor master. As he shows, it is the right side which is the more reliable and insightful. Without it, our world would be mechanistic-stripped of depth, color and value
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