# The divided brain

- Institution: TED
- Department: RSA Animate
- Speaker: Iain McGilchrist
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/iain_mcgilchrist_the_divided_brain)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist describes the real differences between the left and right halves of the human brain. It's not simply "emotion on the right, reason on the left," but something far more complex and interesting. A Best of the Web talk from RSA Animate.

## Lectures

1. [The divided brain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/iain_mcgilchrist_the_divided_brain/f4b34cfbaa97), 12 min (TED's player)