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The Divided Brain

And making a poem explicit isa bit like explaining a joke

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

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And making a poem explicit is a bit like explaining a joke.
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5 seconds
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00:06:05
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Jun 14, 2025
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documentary
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Movie Summary

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?
It just makes it fall flat. - The Divided Brain 00:04
It just makes it fall flat.
A work of art is an embodied being - The Divided Brain 00:06
A work of art is an embodied being
It's not a bunch of thought that just has - The Divided Brain 00:06
It's not a bunch of thought that just has
The base of the problem was the mind-body relationship. - The Divided Brain 00:05
The base of the problem was the mind-body relationship.
That we were looking at literature in much - The Divided Brain 00:05
That we were looking at literature in much
I need somehow to tackle this problem. - The Divided Brain 00:05
I need somehow to tackle this problem.
McGilchrist spent the next 14 years training in neurology - The Divided Brain 00:07
McGilchrist spent the next 14 years training in neurology
It was a journey that took him to the renowned Maudsley - The Divided Brain 00:06
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 00:07
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 00:06
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 00:06
Because I was seeing an extremely broad cross-section
Conditions such as schizophrenia, - The Divided Brain 00:05
Conditions such as schizophrenia,
This is an amazing painting by William Kurelek - The Divided Brain 00:07
This is an amazing painting by William Kurelek
What's interesting is the very human anguish - The Divided Brain 00:07
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 00:12
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 00:09
Here at the Maudsley Hospital, I had access
Particularly interesting to me were - The Divided Brain 00:05
Particularly interesting to me were
Because there, you can localize where the damage is. - The Divided Brain 00:05
Because there, you can localize where the damage is.
And you can then see what happens to that patient. - The Divided Brain 00:05
And you can then see what happens to that patient.
Good science starts from a really intriguing question. - The Divided Brain 00:05
Good science starts from a really intriguing question.