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Planes, Brains and Automobiles
At a recent talk, Iain McGilchrist implied that as the human brain had evolved larger and larger, the number of connections in the corpus callosum that connects the left and right hemispheres had decreased in absolute terms. His book, ‘The … Continue reading
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Tagged AgCC, corpus callosum, Iain McGilchrist, Mark Changizi, Moore's law, myelin, neocortex, Rent;s rule, white matter
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A Brain of Four Halves
Unique Craniopagus Twins The story of Krista and Tatiana Hogan, 4-year old craniopagus twins, has featured on various TV channels, e.g. Channel 4’s ‘The Twins Who Share a Brain’ but the information below has been paraphrased from a New York … Continue reading
A Brain of Two Halves
At a recent talk, Iain McGilchrist was promoting his new book ‘The Master and His Emissary’. In it, he examines the differences between right and left hemispheres of the brain and proposes a metaphor. The left hemisphere is the ’emissary’, … Continue reading
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Tagged corpus callosum, hemispherectomy, Iain McGilchrist, Jared Diamond
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Headbirths 