Contemporary Articles
This area of Channel McGilchrist is dedicated to articles of interest on contemporary topics as chosen by Dr Iain McGilchrist.
Why Everything You Think You Know About the Brain’s Hemispheres is Wrong
Running Time 2:14
The Dangers of Relying on Your Analytical Intellect Too Much
Running TIme: 4:21
Do You Really Have Two Brains in Your Head?
Running Time: 3:52
Where Anger, Frustration and Irritation Come From
Running Time: 4:02
Does OCD Come From the Brain’s Left Hemisphere?
Running TIme: 0:42
Where Sadness and Sorrow Come From
Running TIme: 1:40
Your Brain When Depressed
Running Time: 0:47
Why Unrealistic Optimism is a Feature of the Brain’s Left Hemisphere
Running TIme: 2:48
Where Denial, Self Deception and Rationalisation Come From
Running Time: 5:37
Why High Self Esteem is a Hallmark of the Psychopath
Running Time: 3:38
Is Our Internal Moral Compass Being Destroyed?
Running Time: 3:28
How Trust Has Been Eroded in Society
Running Time: 5:24
The Value of Guilt, Shame and Sadness
Running Time: 1:34
The Brain’s Left Hemisphere is Literal and Doesn’t Understand Metaphor or Context
Running Time: 2:03
Our Culture is Becoming ‘More Autistic’
Running Time: 2:09
Why We’re Losing Our Most Important Source of Wisdom
Running Time: 2:59
Why the Social Justice Movement No Longer has Anything to Do With Empathy
Running TIme: 3:00
The Left Hemisphere is Arrogant and Hubristic
Running Time: 1:59
The Belief That Led to the Two Iraq Wars
Running Time: 1:10
Why Identity Politics is the Left Hemisphere Gone Too Far
Running TIme: 3:45
Why Equality and Fairness are Not the Same Thing
Running TIme: 1:31
The Problem with Rationalistic Arguments
Running TIme: 2:10
The Three Overarching Relationships That We’re Losing Today
Running Time: 8:26
Is Modern Society Schizophrenic?
Running TIme: 4:09
Dismissed Religion? The Blindness of the Left Hemisphere
Running Time: 3:37
Why WHAT We Say is Less Important Than HOW We Say It
Running Time: 1:21
Society’s Loss of Wisdom and Why We Need Both Hemisphere’s of the Brain
Running Time: 3:46
Why Traditional Treatments for Schizophenia Worked
Running Time: 2:12
What Ancient Cultures Knew About Our Minds and We’ve Forgotten
Running Time: 5:28
An Exercise to Balance Your Brain’s Two Hemispheres
Running Time: 4:29
Why Reasonableness Beats Rationality Every Time
Running Time: 2:19
Why Insanity is NOT Irrational, But Hyper-Rational Instead
Running Time: 2:19
Why Psychosis is a Left Hemisphere Dominant Condition
Running Time: 2:24
One Thing You Need To Do To Be Wise
Running Time: 2:54
Why Our Pursuit of Meaning is Going Wrong
Running Time: 3:16
How Ultra-Capitalism Destroys Meaning and Damages People
Running Time: 6:08
What is Consciousness?
Running Time: 2:57
Why Are We So Miserable When We’re So Affluent and Free?
Running Time: 2:57
On Death, Mortality and Boredom
Running Time: 6:10
On Beauty (And the Coming Together of Opposites)
Running Time: 11:16