Writer Between Worlds

“Left hemisphere attention is sharply restricted in space and time (…). It tends towards precision, but at the expense of depth. It is no longer true to the expansive, always moving, always changing, endlessly interconnected nature of reality. One way of putting it is that the left hemisphere can provide some sorts of knowledge about the world, as it would be scrutinized from a theoretical point of view effectively outside the realms of space and time (as on a map), whereas the right hemisphere provides us with the knowledge of the world in space and time (as experienced). (…)
The left hemisphere’s limited appreciation of depth in space and time is in keeping with its tendency towards stasis. It seems to lack appreciation, not just of motion, but of emotion; it relatively lacks appropriate emotional dept, or concern, tending to be irritable or facetious, especially when challenged. It tends to disown problems, and pass the responsibility to others; is overconfident about what it cannot in the nature of things know much about; fabricates (often improbable) stories to cover ignorance; sees parts at the expense of wholes; tends to see ‘from the outside’, rather than experience ‘from the inside’; and has an affinity for the inanimate, and for tools and machines in particular.
It is also quite confident it is right.
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Overall, in general it is the judgments on reality made by the right hemisphere that are more reliable.
(…)
The left hemisphere could be said to be ap-prehending (from Latin ad + prehendere, to hold onto) the world, and the right com-prehending (from cum + prehendere, to hold together) the world.”

McGilchrist, Iain – The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World (pp. 104-181)