Some left hemisphere characteristics
- Attention is local, narrow, focused.
- Sees parts, not wholes.
- Sees an inanimate world of things.
- Thinking is decontextualized and systematic.
Corresponding right hemisphere characteristics
- Attention is global, broad, vigilant, flexible, sustained.
- Sees the bigger picture.
- Sees things¹ whole.
- Sees things¹ in their context.
1, There are no ‘things’ in primal world. We experience an undivided whole.
See Iain McGilchrist’s The Matter with Things — one videoed conversation per chapter.
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