Iain McGilchrist

Now available in a larger format, a fascinating exploration of the differences between the brain's right and left hemispheres and their effects on society, history and culture. Why is the brain divided? The difference between right and left... Lire la suite

Emisfero destro ed emisfero sinistro: una delle poche cose che tutti sanno è che il nostro cervello è anatomicamente diviso in due metà. Già gli antichi greci speculavano sulla possibile esistenza di un cervello bipartito, ma oggi siamo ormai al... Lire la suite

Is the world essentially inert and mechanical - nothing but a collection of things for us to use? Are we ourselves nothing but the playthings of chance, embroiled in a war of all against all? Why, indeed, are we engaged in destroying everything that... Lire la suite

A pioneering exploration of the differences between the brain’s right and left hemispheres and their effects on society, history, and culture—"one of the few contemporary works deserving classic status” (Nicholas Shakespeare, The Times, London)... Lire la suite

Attention is not just receptive, but actively creative of the world we inhabit. How we attend makes all the difference to the world we experience. And nowadays in the West we generally attend in a rather unusual way: governed by the narrowly... Lire la suite

Olvidemos todo lo que creíamos conocer acerca de las diferencias entre los dos hemisferios cerebrales, porque en buena medida es erróneo. Lo importante no es lo que hace cada hemisferio –ambos participan en todo–, sino en cómo lo hace cada cual. La... Lire la suite

Una exploración pionera de las diferencias entre los hemisferios derecho e izquierdo del cerebro y sus efectos en la sociedad, la historia y la cultura. ¿Por qué está dividido el cerebro? La diferencia entre los hemisferios derecho e izquierdo ha... Lire la suite