Description A new edition of the bestselling classic - published with a special introduction to mark its 10th anniversary This pioneering account sets out to understand the structure of the human Brain - the place where mind meets matter.
He now lives on the Isle of Skye, where he continues to write, and lectures worldwide..
I couldn\'t put it down."--Mary Midgley, The Guardian About the Author Iain Mc Gilchrist is a former fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, where he taught literature before training in medicine. . . .
Brilliant and disturbing."--Salley Vickers, a Guardian Best Book of the Year "Clear, penetrating, lively, thorough and fascinating.
Bynum, TLS "A profound examination."--Philip Pullman "Persuasively argues that our society is suffering from the consequences of an over-dominant left hemisphere losing touch with its natural regulative \'master\' the right.
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I know of no better exposition of the current state of functional Brain neuroscience."--W. "A veritable tour de force, gradually and skilfully revealed.
Without it, our World would be mechanistic - stripped of depth, colour and value.
As he shows, it is the right side which is the more reliable and insightful.
But is this distinction true? Drawing on a vast body of experimental research, Iain Mc Gilchrist argues while our left Brain makes for a wonderful servant, it is a very poor master.
Until recently, the left hemisphere of our Brain has been seen as the \'rational\' side, the superior partner to the right.
Description A new edition of the bestselling classic - published with a special introduction to mark its 10th anniversary This pioneering account sets out to understand the structure of the human Brain - the place where mind meets matter
