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That we were looking at literature in much
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The Divided Brain

That we were lookingat literature in much too disembodied a way

That we were looking
at literature in much too disembodied a way

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That we were looking at literature in much
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too disembodied a way.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:27
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?
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.
You know, I never heard that asked in any of my training. - The Divided Brain 00:06
You know, I never heard that asked in any of my training.
It's really what I've been thinking about all my life. - The Divided Brain 00:04
It's really what I've been thinking about all my l...
About these two different ways in which - The Divided Brain 00:06
About these two different ways in which
And that was the beginning of a 20-year long process in which I - The Divided Brain 00:10
And that was the beginning of a 20-year long process in whic...
Everything we human beings ever do, - The Divided Brain 00:10
Everything we human beings ever do,