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The Divided Brain

Gunturkun devised a testwhere pigeons were trained to recognize human beingsin vacation...

Gunturkun devised a test
where pigeons were trained to recognize human beings
in vacation photos

Full Transcript

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Gunturkun devised a test where pigeons were trained
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to recognize human beings in vacation photos.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:13
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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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?
Each time the birds recognized there - The Divided Brain 00:07
Each time the birds recognized there
After a while, they start to understand there are pictures - The Divided Brain 00:09
After a while, they start to understand there are pictures
But then the birds were given a harder challenge. - The Divided Brain 00:04
But then the birds were given a harder challenge.
We cut out the head, we cut out the arm, we cut out the trunk, - The Divided Brain 00:08
We cut out the head, we cut out the arm, we cut out the trun...
We take the pictures and chop them - The Divided Brain 00:06
We take the pictures and chop them
The right hemisphere now says, this is no human anymore. - The Divided Brain 00:05
The right hemisphere now says, this is no human anymore.
The right hemisphere requires the correct position - The Divided Brain 00:08
The right hemisphere requires the correct position
So that means both hemispheres are doing an excellent job. - The Divided Brain 00:06
So that means both hemispheres are doing an excellent job.
And both hemispheres can decide human or non-human, - The Divided Brain 00:07
And both hemispheres can decide human or non-human,
When pigeons are up to find food, - The Divided Brain 00:09
When pigeons are up to find food,
So that one hemisphere is really concentrating - The Divided Brain 00:10
So that one hemisphere is really concentrating
And is on quick alert if an aerial predator is coming. - The Divided Brain 00:08
And is on quick alert if an aerial predator is coming.
And that was the moment at which I realized - The Divided Brain 00:15
And that was the moment at which I realized
McGilchrist realized that in human beings, - The Divided Brain 00:09
McGilchrist realized that in human beings,
You won't find a neurologist anywhere in the world who will - The Divided Brain 00:11
You won't find a neurologist anywhere in the world who ...
Then, very clearly, each hemisphere - The Divided Brain 00:07
Then, very clearly, each hemisphere
What would those two worlds look like? - The Divided Brain 00:05
What would those two worlds look like?
McGilchrist observed that the left hemisphere gives a narrow, - The Divided Brain 00:09
McGilchrist observed that the left hemisphere gives a narrow...
Without understanding the larger context. - The Divided Brain 00:05
Without understanding the larger context.
It sees objects in relation to their usefulness. - The Divided Brain 00:04
It sees objects in relation to their usefulness.