Ways of Attending: How Our Divided Brain Constructs the World
The right hemisphere, in contrast, specialises in connection rather than categorisation. It brings us the richness of the world through being better connected to the body and the senses. Our capacity for empathy and our deepest humanity comes to us through the right hemisphere as well as our feelings of connection to nature. According to McGilchris
... See moreSue Stuart-Smith • The Well Gardened Mind
In one way, the hemisphere hypothesis is deceptively simple: the bi-hemispheric structure of the brain makes possible attending to the world simultaneously in two otherwise incompatible ways. It is the implications of this that are manifold. Immediately it gives rise to a number of further hypotheses: that this is a requirement of survival; that th
... See moreIain McGilchrist • The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World
The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
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