Introduction to Gods, Voices, and the Bicameral Mind
In January 1977, the psychologist Julian Jaynes, who taught at Princeton University for nearly 25 years, released his seminal book, “The Origin of …
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Directly Related Articles
A listing of many of the articles directly related to Julian Jaynes’s theory. See also the Indirectly Related Articles and Supporting Evidence categories.
Vico and Jaynes: Neurocultural and Cognitive Operations in the Origin of Consciousness
This paper will first explore significant parallels between Vico and Jaynes; second, suggest the equivalence of the mind of Vico’s “first men” with Jaynes’ …
Read MoreBicameral Mind and the Narcissan Conspiracy
The voices of the gods pervaded and controlled human consciousness. The heroes of antiquity, noble automatons, marched to their command. To their…
Read MoreVoice of Reason: Julian Jaynes’s Enduring Ideas on Hearing Voices and Our Emerging Consciousness
We like to think of ourselves as a particularly conscious species. But the consciousness of 21st century human beings is not a done deal. At least not …
Read MoreNew Evidence for Jaynes’s Neurological Model: A Research Update
Over three decades ago Julian Jaynes introduced his theory of the origin of consciousness and a historically older mental model called the bicameral mind…
Read MoreAuditory Hallucinations in Nonverbal Quadriplegics
When a system for communicating with nonverbal, quadriplegic, institutionalized residents was developed, it was discovered that many were experiencing…
Read MoreSouls, Gods, Kings, and Mountains: Julian Jaynes’s Theory of the Bicameral Mind in Tibet, Part One
The relevance of Julian Jaynes’s theory of the bicameral mind to the history of religion in Tibet may not be immediately apparent to either readers of …
Read MorePersonation of the Dead in Ancient China
The unusual practice of personating dead ancestors is a several thousand year old puzzle that has never been fully solved. No one has ever successfully …
Read MoreThe Making of the Modern Mind
Julian Jaynes, a Princeton University psychologist who died recently at the age of 77, is famous, or notorious, depending on your point of view, for one…
Read MoreConsciousness, Plasticity, and Connectomics: The Role of Intersubjectivity in Human Cognition
Consciousness is typically construed as being explainable purely in terms of either private, raw feels or higher-order, reflective representations…
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