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Master and His Emissary : The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

Paperback • 2009 • Norwegian Bokmål

Master and His Emissary : The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

By Iain McGilchrist

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About the book

Why is the brain divided? The difference between right and left hemispheres has been puzzled over for centuries. In a book of unprecedented scope, Iain McGilchrist draws on a vast body of recent brain research, illustrated with case histories, to reveal that the difference is profoundnot just this or that function, but two whole, coherent, but incompatible ways of experiencing the world. The left hemisphere is detail oriented, prefers mechanisms to living things, and is inclined to self-interest...Show more

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9780300148787

Publisher

enk : Yale University Press

Published year

2009

Language

Norwegian Bokmål

Original title

Master and His Emissary : The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

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Paperback

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