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In a book of unprecedented scope Iain McGilchrist presents a fascinating exploration of the differences between the brain’s left and right hemispheres and how those differences have affected society, history and culture. McGilchrist draws on a vast body of recent research in neuroscience and psychology to reveal that the difference is profound: the left hemisphere is detail oriented, while the right has greater breadth, flexibility and generosity.

Attention is not just receptive, but actively creative of the world we inhabit. How we attend makes all the difference to the world we experience. And nowadays in the West we generally attend in a rather unusual way: governed by the narrowly focused, target-driven left hemisphere of the brain.

The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh: Jernau Morat Gurgeh, The Player of Games, master of every board, computer, and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game... a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor.

This is a series of dialogues between Iain McGilchrist and Alex Gomez-Marin exploring The Matter with Things chapter by chapter. To purchase The Matter with Things Hardback internationally https://Amazon.com and https://BookDepository.com Hardback UK only https://ChannelMcGilchrist.com , https://Amazon.co.uk and other booksellers nationwide Kindle on https://www.amazon.co.uk and https://www.amazon.com You can read Dr. Gomez-Marin's work at https://behavior-of-organisms.org/ and follow him on twitter as @behaviOrganisms