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July 18, 2012
in Psychology, Science, Social Science

How Our Left-Brained Society Might Be Making Us Unhappy

July 18, 2012
in Psychology, Science, Social Science

Follow @yaleSCIbooks We have a popular notion that the human brain is neatly divided: the right side dealing with emotion, the left side, with reason. In his acclaimed book, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, Iain McGilchrist suggests that there is

November 16, 2011
in History, Psychology, Science

Left Brain? Right Brain?

November 16, 2011
in History, Psychology, Science

Follow @yaleSCIbooks Growing up, many of us were taught that our left brain was the source of reason and logic, while our right brain ruled over imagination and creativity. However, according to prominent psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist, this is not the whole truth. In a video recently posted on the website