The Myth of the Right-Left Brain Divide

It's a commonly held belief that the left side of our brain is governed by logic (science, maths, etc) while the right is more to do with emotion (artistic, creative etc). Permeating the cultural zeitgeist since psycho-biologist Roger W. Perry's research in the sixties, it's come to be accepted that each individual has a dominant hemisphere where one side overrides the other. The reality however, according to renowned psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist, couldn't be further from the truth...

Thought of the Day #9

"Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?'. Expediency asks the question 'Is it politic?'. Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?'. But, conscience asks the question 'Is it right?'. And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right" - Martin Luther King Jr, 'The Other America', 14th March 1968