Julian Jaynes Society July/August 2021 Newsletter
We are pleased to announce that Professor Martin Seligman has joined the Julian Jaynes Society Science Advisory Board; Read the latest …
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Author: Marcel Kuijsten
Neuroscience Confirms Julian Jaynes’s Neurological Model
Beginning in 1999, research began to emerge confirming Julian Jaynes’s neurological model for the bicameral mind: fMRI studies showing a right/left temporal lobe interaction during auditory verbal hallucinations. …
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Julian Jaynes Society June 2021 Newsletter
We’re pleased to announce that the revised hardcover edition of The Julian Jaynes Collection was just released. We’re also excited to …
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Julian Jaynes Society May 2021 Newsletter
We’re pleased to announce that the revised hardcover edition of The Julian Jaynes Collection was just released. We’re also excited to …
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His Dark Materials & The Bicameral Mind
It’s been said that Philip Pullman, who wrote “His Dark Materials,” drew inspiration from Julian Jaynes, with the characters’ spirit-animals
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Ten Questions Critics Fail to Answer About Julian Jaynes’s Theory
Critics of Jaynes’s theory generally attempt to show that Jaynes was wrong on one or two very specific points, and
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Myth 9: “Gordon Gallup’s ‘mirror test’ measures consciousness”
Myth 9: “Gordon Gallup’s ‘mirror test’ measures consciousness.” ALSO “Chimpanzees can recognize themselves in a mirror, and this ‘provides clear evidence of self-awareness in chimpanzees’.” …
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Myth 8: “The voices were actual gods, spirits, or entities”
Myth 8: “Julian Jaynes argues that people in ancient times heard the actual voices of gods, spirits, or other supernatural entities.” …
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Myth 7: “Confusing bicamerality with schizophrenia”
Myth 7: Confusing bicamerality with schizophrenia; or thinking that “Julian Jaynes claimed that people in ancient civilizations ‘were …
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Myth 6: “Neuroscience has disconfirmed Julian Jaynes’s theory of the bicameral mind”
Myth 6: “Recent studies in neuroscience have disconfirmed or disproven Julian Jaynes’s theory of the bicameral mind” …
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