The Divided Brain – The Exciting Truth About the Human Brain

I have often written about how pop psychology characterises the workings of the human.  Whilst the familiar left/right debate continues to cause ructions in the scientific community -  it's use as a theoretical construct continues. There are a number of reasons for this, some commercial (MBTI, DISC etc), and others (including me) using it to help clients understand what is a massively complex subject.  For me it's pretty simple, tell people the truth and set the right context and people will still gain useful insight into the human condition.

In this TED talk Iain McGilchrist adds some of his his considerable insights on the subject.  Whilst the video is a bit quick at times I found it helpful and he does well in explaining some of the brains complexity.

Further examples of the animation technique used in this TED can be found on the RSA YouTube channel