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The Divided Brain

A film which explores a radical new idea - is there an imbalance between our brain hemispheres that is affecting how we live in our modern society?

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Manfred Becker

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[WHOOSH] - The Divided Brain

How do we
experience the world? - The Divided Brain

How do we experience the world?

How do we make sense of it,
measure it, construct it, - The Divided Brain

How do we make sense of it, measure it, construct it,

A controversial scientist,
Iain McGilchrist, - The Divided Brain

A controversial scientist, Iain McGilchrist,

Iain McGilchrist, he's a
psychiatrist and author of "The - The Divided Brain

Iain McGilchrist, he's a psychiatrist and author of &qu...

Two hemispheres have styles-- - The Divided Brain

Two hemispheres have styles--

The left hemisphere's goal is to
enable us to manipulate things. - The Divided Brain

The left hemisphere's goal is to enable us to manipulat...

Whereas, the goal of
the right hemisphere - The Divided Brain

Whereas, the goal of the right hemisphere

Two ways of thinking
that are both needed, - The Divided Brain

Two ways of thinking that are both needed,

McGilchrist claims that the
left hemisphere of the brain is - The Divided Brain

McGilchrist claims that the left hemisphere of the brain is

The way of thinking
which is reductive, - The Divided Brain

The way of thinking which is reductive,

We behave like people who
had right hemisphere damage. - The Divided Brain

We behave like people who had right hemisphere damage.

Do we pay a price for being
too left hemisphere-centered? - The Divided Brain

Do we pay a price for being too left hemisphere-centered?

We may pay the
ultimate price, - The Divided Brain

We may pay the ultimate price,

It's enabled us
to become wealthy. - The Divided Brain

It's enabled us to become wealthy.

But it's also meant
that we've lost means - The Divided Brain

But it's also meant that we've lost means

His revolutionary theory has
attracted prominent supporters - The Divided Brain

His revolutionary theory has attracted prominent supporters

I think "The Master and
His Emissary" was possibly, - The Divided Brain

I think "The Master and His Emissary" was possibly...

The idea that there is a
distinction between those two - The Divided Brain

The idea that there is a distinction between those two

And I see it all the
time in my own field - The Divided Brain

And I see it all the time in my own field

I mean, it just explains an
incredible number of things - The Divided Brain

I mean, it just explains an incredible number of things

But scientists
think he's a heretic. - The Divided Brain

But scientists think he's a heretic.

Invited to speak about his
view of the brain and society. - The Divided Brain

Invited to speak about his view of the brain and society.

Could the problems
of the modern world - The Divided Brain

Could the problems of the modern world

And what does that
imply about our future? - The Divided Brain

And what does that imply about our future?

For Iain McGilchrist,
the problem - The Divided Brain

For Iain McGilchrist, the problem

The problem is inside
our modern brain. - The Divided Brain

The problem is inside our modern brain.

Some people find it a
little bit overwhelming. - The Divided Brain

Some people find it a little bit overwhelming.

I suspect it's what
the people call - The Divided Brain

I suspect it's what the people call

There is something very
special about the whole place. - The Divided Brain

There is something very special about the whole place.

There's a strong energy there
from the wildness of nature. - The Divided Brain

There's a strong energy there from the wildness of natu...

It was here that McGilchrist
developed his groundbreaking - The Divided Brain

It was here that McGilchrist developed his groundbreaking

My dad was a doctor and tried
to avoid becoming a doctor. - The Divided Brain

My dad was a doctor and tried to avoid becoming a doctor.

[NON-ENGLISH SINGING] - The Divided Brain

[NON-ENGLISH SINGING]

As a young man, he
taught literature - The Divided Brain

As a young man, he taught literature

After I got my degree, I
got a fellowship at All Souls - The Divided Brain

After I got my degree, I got a fellowship at All Souls

And into that time, I
then ended up really - The Divided Brain

And into that time, I then ended up really

When we read a poem or we
listen to a piece of music, - The Divided Brain

When we read a poem or we listen to a piece of music,

In other words, it has enormous
effects on you physiologically. - The Divided Brain

In other words, it has enormous effects on you physiological...

I felt that we were
doing something - The Divided Brain

I felt that we were doing something

People in the past
had taken trouble - The Divided Brain

People in the past had taken trouble

And we came along
and made it general - The Divided Brain

And we came along and made it general

And making a poem explicit is
a bit like explaining a joke. - The Divided Brain

And making a poem explicit is a bit like explaining a joke.

It just makes it fall flat. - The Divided Brain

It just makes it fall flat.

A work of art is
an embodied being - The Divided Brain

A work of art is an embodied being

It's not a bunch of
thought that just has - The Divided Brain

It's not a bunch of thought that just has

The base of the problem was
the mind-body relationship. - The Divided Brain

The base of the problem was the mind-body relationship.

That we were looking
at literature in much - The Divided Brain

That we were looking at literature in much

I need somehow to
tackle this problem. - The Divided Brain

I need somehow to tackle this problem.

McGilchrist spent the next
14 years training in neurology - The Divided Brain

McGilchrist spent the next 14 years training in neurology

It was a journey that took
him to the renowned Maudsley - The Divided Brain

It was a journey that took him to the renowned Maudsley

So this was built just around
the time of the First World - The Divided Brain

So this was built just around the time of the First World

This was one of the many places
to which I owe a huge debt. - The Divided Brain

This was one of the many places to which I owe a huge debt.

Because I was seeing an
extremely broad cross-section - The Divided Brain

Because I was seeing an extremely broad cross-section

Conditions such
as schizophrenia, - The Divided Brain

Conditions such as schizophrenia,

This is an amazing
painting by William Kurelek - The Divided Brain

This is an amazing painting by William Kurelek

What's interesting is
the very human anguish - The Divided Brain

What's interesting is the very human anguish

What one is seeing is a change
in the whole way in which one - The Divided Brain

What one is seeing is a change in the whole way in which one

Here at the Maudsley
Hospital, I had access - The Divided Brain

Here at the Maudsley Hospital, I had access

Particularly
interesting to me were - The Divided Brain

Particularly interesting to me were

Because there, you can
localize where the damage is. - The Divided Brain

Because there, you can localize where the damage is.

And you can then see what
happens to that patient. - The Divided Brain

And you can then see what happens to that patient.

Good science starts from a
really intriguing question. - The Divided Brain

Good science starts from a really intriguing question.

You know, I never heard that
asked in any of my training. - The Divided Brain

You know, I never heard that asked in any of my training.

It's really what I've been
thinking about all my life. - The Divided Brain

It's really what I've been thinking about all my l...

About these two
different ways in which - The Divided Brain

About these two different ways in which

And that was the beginning of a
20-year long process in which I - The Divided Brain

And that was the beginning of a 20-year long process in whic...

Everything we
human beings ever do, - The Divided Brain

Everything we human beings ever do,

Finding out how the
brain does this work - The Divided Brain

Finding out how the brain does this work

But it becomes a
fascinating question - The Divided Brain

But it becomes a fascinating question

In the '60s and '70s
in California at Caltech, - The Divided Brain

In the '60s and '70s in California at Caltech,

And what they were
trying to do was - The Divided Brain

And what they were trying to do was

Now these people might
have almost continuous - The Divided Brain

Now these people might have almost continuous

Which meant that
they couldn't really - The Divided Brain

Which meant that they couldn't really

The original idea was based
on the notion that if you - The Divided Brain

The original idea was based on the notion that if you

The patient wouldn't lose
generalized consciousness - The Divided Brain

The patient wouldn't lose generalized consciousness

Today Michael Gazzaniga is
a world-renowned neuroscientist - The Divided Brain

Today Michael Gazzaniga is a world-renowned neuroscientist

In the 1960s, he was a
grad student participating - The Divided Brain

In the 1960s, he was a grad student participating

By sectioning this structure,
as can be seen in this half - The Divided Brain

By sectioning this structure, as can be seen in this half

And they richly interconnect
the two halves of the brain. - The Divided Brain

And they richly interconnect the two halves of the brain.

What they did was, with
some trepidation initially, - The Divided Brain

What they did was, with some trepidation initially,

And what they found after the
operation was that the seizures - The Divided Brain

And what they found after the operation was that the seizure...

The other thing was it
was possible by setting - The Divided Brain

The other thing was it was possible by setting

Each side of the brain
controls the opposite side - The Divided Brain

Each side of the brain controls the opposite side

So the left hemisphere
controls the right side - The Divided Brain

So the left hemisphere controls the right side

And over here, we flash
a picture of an apple. - The Divided Brain

And over here, we flash a picture of an apple.

That now goes to the
right disconnected brain. - The Divided Brain

That now goes to the right disconnected brain.

And you say to the
patient, what did you see? - The Divided Brain

And you say to the patient, what did you see?

I can't tell
you that, either. - The Divided Brain

I can't tell you that, either.

They found that the left arm
and the right arm seem to be - The Divided Brain

They found that the left arm and the right arm seem to be

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A film which explores a radical new idea - is there an imbalance between our brain hemispheres that is affecting how we live in our modern society?

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Director: Manfred Becker

Writer: Michael Allder, Vanessa Dylyn, Jean Greig

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2019

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ImdbRating: 7.2

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Released: 09 Apr 2019

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