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The master and his emissary : the divided brain and the making of the Western world / Iain McGilchrist.

By: Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019Edition: New expanded editionDescription: xxvi, 588 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780300245929
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.825 23
Summary: "This pioneering account sets out to understand the structure of the human brain – the place where mind meets matter. Until recently, the left hemisphere of our brain has been seen as the ‘rational’ side, the superior partner to the right. But is this distinction true? Drawing on a vast body of experimental research, Iain McGilchrist argues while our left brain makes for a wonderful servant, it is a very poor master. As he shows, it is the right side which is the more reliable and insightful. Without it, our world would be mechanistic – stripped of depth, colour and value." - Book cover
List(s) this item appears in: New Acquisitions March. 2020 | Acquisitions 2019-2020
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Loanable Book Library General Collection 612.825 MCG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000438131

Previous edition: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This pioneering account sets out to understand the structure of the human brain – the place where mind meets matter. Until recently, the left hemisphere of our brain has been seen as the ‘rational’ side, the superior partner to the right. But is this distinction true? Drawing on a vast body of experimental research, Iain McGilchrist argues while our left brain makes for a wonderful servant, it is a very poor master. As he shows, it is the right side which is the more reliable and insightful. Without it, our world would be mechanistic – stripped of depth, colour and value." - Book cover

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