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It always astounds me when people express surprise at the psychological sophistication of animals. Their amazement seems premised on the assumption that an organism either has a mind or does not. A misguided corollary of this idea sometimes heard is that if an organism possesses a mind …
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Earlier this month, actor and writer David Duchovny was a guest on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher. While interviewing Duchovny about his book, Maher spontaneously claimed to “have a bicameral mind.”…
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Now available for pre-order: Conversations on Consciosuness and the BIcameral Mind: Interviews with Leading Thinkers on Julian Jaynes’s …
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Test your knowledge of Julian Jaynes’s theory by taking these three new quizzes: Basic Knowledge, Intermediate Concepts, and Advanced Concepts.
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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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In The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Julian Jaynes has painted a vivid picture of the collapse of archaic …
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Watch recent interviews on Julian Jaynes’s theory. The Julian Jaynes Society Interview Series explores a wide-range of topics related to …
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