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The Divided Brain

McGilchrist observed that theleft hemisphere gives a narrow, sharply-focusedattention to...

McGilchrist observed that the
left hemisphere gives a narrow, sharply-focused
attention to detail

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McGilchrist observed that the left hemisphere gives a narrow,
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sharply-focused attention to detail.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:37
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?
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.
It's in charge of the right hand, which - The Divided Brain 00:09
It's in charge of the right hand, which
But it can't make human connections. - The Divided Brain 00:04
But it can't make human connections.
It doesn't understand relationships, humor, - The Divided Brain 00:06
It doesn't understand relationships, humor,
Things and people are not unique and individual. - The Divided Brain 00:04
Things and people are not unique and individual.
But groups that it can organize, sort, - The Divided Brain 00:07
But groups that it can organize, sort,
On its own, it has no sense of the whole. - The Divided Brain 00:04
On its own, it has no sense of the whole.
Even people are seen as body parts. - The Divided Brain 00:04
Even people are seen as body parts.
The world of the left hemisphere is lifeless. - The Divided Brain 00:04
The world of the left hemisphere is lifeless.
It shatters the world into an assortment of bits - The Divided Brain 00:07
It shatters the world into an assortment of bits
The right hemisphere, by contrast, - The Divided Brain 00:07
The right hemisphere, by contrast,
It understands relationships, body language, - The Divided Brain 00:07
It understands relationships, body language,
The right hemisphere engages with life, - The Divided Brain 00:07
The right hemisphere engages with life,
It forces how humanity fits into the whole of creation. - The Divided Brain 00:05
It forces how humanity fits into the whole of creation.
The divided brain gives us two types - The Divided Brain 00:09
The divided brain gives us two types
It has made us the most powerful species on Earth. - The Divided Brain 00:06
It has made us the most powerful species on Earth.
But the left hemisphere's narrow kind of attention - The Divided Brain 00:12
But the left hemisphere's narrow kind of attention
I began thinking about how in public life, - The Divided Brain 00:09
I began thinking about how in public life,
For the last 100 years, a way of thinking which is reductive, - The Divided Brain 00:07
For the last 100 years, a way of thinking which is reductive...