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A sudden moment of self-awareness in childhood propels people on a quest to explore life’s mysteries by John Horgan At the beginning

This new study dovetails with Julian Jaynes’s theory and the changing nature of bicameral voices as societies became more complex.

Neuroscientists are preparing to test their ideas about the origins of consciousness — the cognitive state of experiencing your own

From PBS’ Frontline, The tragic story of Nestor Bunch and other low functioning voice hearers. Caught between the two worlds

By Vinay Kolhatkar “Language is an organ of perception, not simply a means of communication” ― Julian Jaynes Gorillas are social animals that live

by Alayna Kennedy Over winter break, I read an extraordinary book by psychologist Julian Jaynes titled The Origin of Consciousness

The art of Ian Cheng, inspired by Julian Jaynes: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/13/arts/design/swiss-institute-down-an-internet-rabbit-hole-with-an-artist-as-your-guide.html/

Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind makes The Guardian’s “Top 10 Books About

from NPR’s All Things Considered After surgery to treat her epilepsy severed the connection between the two halves of her