Your storytelling brain

Submitted by Jur on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 09:18

The left hemisphere of the brain is always trying to make sense of past thoughts and experiences. Cognitive Neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga ponders our need to hear and tell coherent stories about ourselves.

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