The master and his emissary : the divided brain and the making of the Western world /

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"Why is the brain divided? The difference between right and left hemispheres has been puzzled over for centuries. In this book, Iain McGilchrist draws on a vast body of recent brain research, illustrated with case histories, to reveal that the difference is profound - not just this or that func...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGilchrist, Iain
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Cerebral dominance.
Electronic books.
Social evolution.
Dominance, Cerebral
Cerebrum > physiology
Cultural Evolution
Social Change > history
Western World > history
Dominance cérébrale.
Évolution sociale.
Livres numériques.
e-books.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
MEDICAL > Physiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Geistesgeschichte
Hemisphärenspezialisierung
Kulturelle Evolution
Weltproblematik
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Asymmetry and the brain
  • What do the two hemispheres 'do'?
  • Language, truth, and music
  • The nature of the two worlds
  • The primacy of the right hemisphere
  • The triumph of the left hemisphere
  • Imitation and the evolution of culture
  • The ancient world
  • The Renaissance and the Reformation
  • The Enlightenment
  • Romanticism and the Industrial Revolution
  • The modern and post-modern worlds.

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