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It was here that McGilchrist developed his groundbreaking
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The Divided Brain

It was here that McGilchristdeveloped his groundbreaking theory

It was here that McGilchrist
developed his groundbreaking theory

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It was here that McGilchrist developed his groundbreaking
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theory.
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6 seconds
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00:04:39
Uploaded
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?
My dad was a doctor and tried to avoid becoming a doctor. - The Divided Brain 00:05
My dad was a doctor and tried to avoid becoming a doctor.
[NON-ENGLISH SINGING] - The Divided Brain 00:10
[NON-ENGLISH SINGING]
As a young man, he taught literature - The Divided Brain 00:07
As a young man, he taught literature
After I got my degree, I got a fellowship at All Souls - The Divided Brain 00:09
After I got my degree, I got a fellowship at All Souls
And into that time, I then ended up really - The Divided Brain 00:08
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 00:07
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 00:07
In other words, it has enormous effects on you physiological...
I felt that we were doing something - The Divided Brain 00:06
I felt that we were doing something
People in the past had taken trouble - The Divided Brain 00:07
People in the past had taken trouble
And we came along and made it general - The Divided Brain 00:04
And we came along and made it general
And making a poem explicit is a bit like explaining a joke. - The Divided Brain 00:05
And making a poem explicit is a bit like explaining a joke.
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