Perspective in art has receded along with harmony in music: We tend more and more to see the world as a heap of intrinsically meaningless fragments. Iain McGilchrist artfragmentharmony Change image and share on social
The imperial vastness of late Roman architecture was made possible by the invention of concrete. Iain McGilchrist architectureconcreteimperial Change image and share on social
Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn out to be conscious of, and therefore plays a part in the coming into being of whatever exists for us. Iain McGilchrist aspectattentioncome share on social
I trained in medicine after pursuing an academic career in the humanities, mainly because of my interest in the relationship between mind and body, and between mind and brain. Iain McGilchrist academicbodybrain Change image and share on social
In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category. Iain McGilchrist barnardinecategorycommand Change image and share on social
The human genome contains so much data that, it has been calculated, it would fill 43 volumes of Webster's International Dictionary. Iain McGilchrist calculatedatumdictionary Change image and share on social
