The Divided Brain: A Dialogue with Dr. Iain McGilchrist
"Attention is nothing more nor less than the disposition of your consciousness towards the world. You can dispose it one way, to get things, to grab them, very narrowly, or in another receptive, open, uncommitted way, to connect." - Dr. Iain McGilchrist
During the 2020 online retreat Understanding the Mind, Brother Phap Linh of Plum Village Monastery and Dr. Liam Kavanagh hosted a dialogue with Dr. Iain McGilchrist, psychiatrist and author of The Master and His Emissary. Dr. Iain McGilchrist studies the divide between the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Below are some excerpts from their conversation (14 mins).
