![]() Attention changes the phenomenological nature of what it attends to, and every world view is value-laden. ![]() The left hemisphere (LH) is roughly specialized in attending towards our needs with narrow attention, while the right hemisphere (RH) deals with novelty and what’s going on apart from ourselves. Hemispheric lateralization allows animals to specialize for different tasks. ![]() These hemispheres don’t merely provide different ways of thinking about the world, but create actual worlds of experience, and provide different ways of being in the world. The separation of the brain into two hemispheres is not accidental. Part 1 – The Divided Brain – The Master and His Emissary 1. Iain McGilchrist’s thesis is that throughout history, the left-hemisphere view has progressively overtaken the right-hemisphere view (the Master has been overthrown by the Emissary). The two hemispheres provide two radically opposed realities, and their co-operation can be conflictual. ![]() This division is significant, as it helps explain fundamental aspects of human experience and Western thought. General idea: The brain is divided into two hemispheres. Full Summary – The Master and His Emissary, by Iain McGilchrist ![]()
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