When the brain is whole, the unified consciousness of the left and right hemispheres adds up to more than the individual properties of the separate hemispheres.
Roger Wolcott SperryBefore brains there was no color or sound in the universe, nor was there any flavor or aroma and probably little sense and no feeling or emotion.
Roger Wolcott SperryWhat it comes down to is that modern society discriminates against the right hemisphere.
Roger Wolcott SperryFuturists and common sense concur that a substantial change, worldwide, in life style and moral guidelines will soon become an absolute necessity.
Roger Wolcott SperryThe main theme to emerge... is that there appear to be two modes of thinking, verbal and nonverbal, represented rather separately in left and right hemispheres respectively and that our education system, as well as science in general, tends to neglect the nonverbal form of intellect. What it comes down to is that modern society discriminates against the right hemisphere.
Roger Wolcott Sperry