#234 — The Divided Mind

Sam Harris speaks with Iain McGilchrist about the differences
between the right and left hemispheres of the human brain. They
discuss the evolutionary history of the divided brain, research
on surgically divided brains, popular misconceptions about the
differences between the hemispheres, the left hemisphere's
propensity for confabulation, the prospect that consciousness
might be partitioned in an intact brain, the difference between
consciousness and attention, the boundary between the conscious
and unconscious mind, how face-to-face encounters differ between
the hemispheres, the unique deficits resulting from damage to the
left and right hemispheres, the ascendancy of the left-hemisphere
in modern culture, the possibility that the brain is a mere
receiver of mind, the prospect of surviving death, and other
topics.


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