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The Divided Brain

Economics detachedfrom a robust, resourceful picture of humanwell-being is very dangerous

Economics detached
from a robust, resourceful picture of human
well-being is very dangerous

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Economics detached from a robust,
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resourceful picture of human well-being is very dangerous.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:03
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
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?
That's what we're living with in large parts of the globe. - The Divided Brain 00:05
That's what we're living with in large parts of th...
We seem to take it as absolutely self-evident - The Divided Brain 00:11
We seem to take it as absolutely self-evident
And I think the biggest single task is thinking again - The Divided Brain 00:18
And I think the biggest single task is thinking again
We've become terrifically clever at technical matters. - The Divided Brain 00:05
We've become terrifically clever at technical matters.
But technical matters are only interesting if they - The Divided Brain 00:07
But technical matters are only interesting if they
If our society acts as if the left hemisphere is in control, - The Divided Brain 00:09
If our society acts as if the left hemisphere is in control,
One scientist reveals her first-hand experience. - The Divided Brain 00:05
One scientist reveals her first-hand experience.
Jill Bolte Taylor is a neuroanatomist and someone - The Divided Brain 00:08
Jill Bolte Taylor is a neuroanatomist and someone
But on the morning of December 10, 1996, - The Divided Brain 00:09
But on the morning of December 10, 1996,
A blood vessel exploded in the left half of my brain. - The Divided Brain 00:06
A blood vessel exploded in the left half of my brain.
And in the course of four hours, I - The Divided Brain 00:10
And in the course of four hours, I
Then I realized, oh my gosh, I'm having a stroke. - The Divided Brain 00:04
Then I realized, oh my gosh, I'm having a stroke.
And then the next thing my brain says to me is, wow, - The Divided Brain 00:06
And then the next thing my brain says to me is, wow,
[LAUGHTER] - The Divided Brain 00:05
[LAUGHTER]
How many brain scientists have the opportunity - The Divided Brain 00:06
How many brain scientists have the opportunity
It's a piece called "Neural Processing." - The Divided Brain 00:06
It's a piece called "Neural Processing."
[MUSIC PLAYING] - The Divided Brain 00:14
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIREN SOUNDING] - The Divided Brain 00:07
[SIREN SOUNDING]
And I wake up later that afternoon, - The Divided Brain 00:07
And I wake up later that afternoon,
I had a completely silent mind, no language whatsoever. - The Divided Brain 00:06
I had a completely silent mind, no language whatsoever.