Iain McGilchrist is an eminent psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and literary scholar. He is the author of the compendium "The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World" and the groundbreaking work "The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World." In this episode of "The Civil Discourse," McGilchrist joins Host Paula Marantz Cohen to uncover the neuropsychological differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain and how they translate to social changes in human civilization. This discussion also examines disorders of the brain, including schizophrenia.

Recorded March 21, 2023 through virtual conferencing (Philadelphia, PA, USA). This episode is a production of Marketing & Media, Pennoni Honors College, Drexel University.

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