The difference between the two hemispheres is not primarily in what they do (function), but in how they do it—the manner, style, and way in which they process information—and each hemisphere is involved in all functions including reason, language, emotion, and visuospatial processing, just in characteristically different ways

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Ian McGilchrist

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the real difference between the two hemispheres was what they do which is the right answer or the right way right question perhaps to ask of a machine what does it do but it's not necessarily the right question to ask if a person

Source

The Divided Mind: A Conversation with Iain McGilchrist (Episode #234)Sam Harris
Created: 8/11/2026, 12:21:55 AM

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