Consciousness Studies

Information and scholarly publications on theories concerning neuronal microtubules as the microsites of consciousness through quantum effects.

Describes the scientific study of the role of Consciousness in the physical world.

Presents a practical approach to the mystery of consciousness.

Home page of an organization which supports research into the global nature of Consciousness.

Presents an outline of Consciousness research at the University of Arizona.

Presents scientifically rigorous experiments on consciousness coordinated by Roger Nelson's team at Princeton.

Synopsis of two projects using random event generators to investigate Consciousness.

Study of consciousness, mind and cognition. Contains regular reviews, essays and a bibliography on the subject.

Amy Lansky, a researcher in artificial intelligence, argues against a purely neurophysiological explanation of consciousness.

A refereed on-line journal dedicated to the interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of consciousness and its relation to the brain from the perspectives of cognitive science, philosophy, psychology, physics, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.

A grand unified theory of consciousness, based on mysticism (primarily Kabbalah) and quantum theory.

First of the philosopher Ted Honderich's papers on the idea that perceptual consciousness is a kind of existence of things or a world.

Cultures around the globe embrace sound in healing, creation, and exploring consciousness. This essay connects creativity with healing, thus recreating health in the body.

A theory of the conscious mind, by Norman Stubbs.

The MindWarp deals with various technologies for the alteration of consciousness - chemical, electronic, and rhythmic.

Useful links on Consciousness Studies, plus contents and some materials from the journal..

Essays on consciousness, as defined by Philip Dorrell: "A system for deciding whether or not to do the thing that you were going to do next". Also, why Roger Penrose is wrong.

A critical discussion of philosophy and science,and the scientized philosophy of consciousness, with special reference to materialism and David Papineau.

The ASSC promotes research within cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy, and other relevant disciplines in the sciences and humanities, directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness.

Combines concepts from philosophy and science to describe a hypothetical framework for considering transmigration of consciousness.

Organization researching such areas as mind/brain/machine interface, anomalous consciousness, and lucid dreaming.

Based in Los Angeles, and offering a master's degree in consciousness studies with "a curriculum that integrates the Ancient Wisdom traditions with the latest findings in Science and Psychology".

Being, mind, consciousness... this is the main focus of this multi-faceted site. The site houses essays in which approach is analytical, imaginative and experiential.

Home page of moderated email forum devoted to discussion of articles in the Journal of Consciousness Studies. With a digest of some of the most interesting past debates.

Article by Artificial Intelligence pioneer John McCarthy (dated 19-Jul-1999).

Articles on the relationship of light to the phenomenon of consciousness.

A radical scientific and evolutionary hypothesis about the origin of mind. By Jerome Iglowitz.

Entry from the 1913 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia.

An oratorio attempting to render in music the internal and external influences that inform one's experience of consciousness, and which traces the current debate in cognitive science in a post-dualist world.

Prepared for a seminar conducted by Ned Block and Thomas Nagel, this page provides links to papers by a distinguished roster of contemporary philosophers.

A moderated, interdisciplinary forum for academic consciousness researchers, including philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists.

By E.G.J. Eijkman, Dutch Medical Physicist. Main content is an essay on "Universal Consciousness".

Dr. Sam Vaknin considers the appropriateness of metaphors, particularly the computer metaphor, used to describe the brain.

Susan Blackmore argues that the study of the paranormal (even if it exists, which she doubts) is not very relevant to consciousness research. Many or even most alleged paranormal phenomena seem to work unconsciously.

Entry commissioned for the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. By Eric Lormand of the University of Michigan.

An unorthodox look at mind, consciousness and perception.

The relationships between mind, consciousness, and language. Webmaster Giorgio Marchetti aims to provide users the opportunity to present their researches in these fields, and to inform about activities and researches carried out worldwide.

Understanding the Hard Problem - How Consciousness can fit into our Natural Orders. By Jan Holmgren.

Steven Kaufman attempts to demonstrate that the source of reality is a universal consciousness, that we are in no way separable from that source, and so in no way truly separable from each other or any other aspect of reality.

The neuroscience of consciousness. Many published articles by Dr. Rees are made available here.

Key papers, discussions and research leads focusing on holographic models of mind and mind-body interactions.

Dr. Tart has been well known for many years as a leading researcher on consciousness, particularly altered states, as well as on parapsychology and transpersonal psychology.

Homepage of Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy, making available his drafts and articles.

An attempt to explain consciousness in terms of 4-dimensional geometry.

A spiritual view of Consciousness - its planes, gradations, parts, evolution and change of consciousness as explained by The Mother and Sri Aurobindo.

The refereed journal provides a forum for new work relating the arts and literature to the exploration of consciousness currently flourishing in many disciplines such as philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, neuroscience, computer science, and physics.

Access to abstracts of articles, submission guidelines, and subscription information of the print journal.

An introduction to the powers and perils of intuition, plus related essays and links to leading researchers.

Offering excerpts from a book that tries to define existence through experimential exploration of the functioning of consciousness.

Thinking a thought in the mosaics of the mind.

Thesis by Nadia Delicata discussing consciousness, mystical experience, and an experiment concerning the effect of focused attention on working memory.

Center for studies of the traditional Amazonian hallucinogen ayahuasca, and its effects on consciousness. Includes information about the center, its seminars and presenters, and "ethenogenic" drugs in general. Located in Florianópolis, Brazil.

Review by Lawrence Kaye of `Language, Thought and Consciousness: An Essay in Philosophical Psychology' by Peter Carruthers.

Insight into the science of consciousness from many perspectives: physics, science, mind-body medicine, psychology, spirituality and religion, and near-death experiences.

An empirical approach to consciousness including reviews of philosophical concepts and neuroscience.

Concise illustrated descriptions and discussions of leading philosophical theories of consciousness, and well known thought experiments, and the issues they raise.

Consciousness as a mongrel concept by Ned Block.

Paper by Nobel laureate Francis Crick and neuroscientist Cristof Koch.

A leading researcher into the neuroscience of consciousness. Includes personal information and links to online versions of some of his technical and less technical publications.

Short online 'book' (or long article) by Johannes Dressler (English translation of the original German).

Section of the British Psychological Society. Information on the Section, its aims and activities, including its journal "Consciousness and Experiential Psychology".

A refereed, electronic, open access, interdisciplinary journal of neuroscience and quantum physics. Also brings perspectives from philosophy, psychology, and artificial intelligence to bear on the problems of consciousness and mind.

An established psychology print journal that frequently publishes articles on consciousness.

Society for the discussion of Jaynes' bicameral mind theory of consciousness. Includes bibliography (with some abstracts and full-text articles), members-only area, and online application form.

Community site devoted to accelerating the development of neuroscience through web-based initiatives offers a collection of philosophical essays over consciousness and a forum.

Essay by A. Randrup subtitled "Significance of Consciousness in Human Life".

A free online textbook on the philosophy and neuroscience of consciousness.

Essya suggestin that observers are put in operative connection or disconnection with the surrounding occurrences by the physiologically modulated motion of unidentified microphysical particles.

Explores a phenomenon of mind-brain interaction which happens during the transition of awakening from sleep into awareness.

Essay by Titus Rivas subtitled "Subjective awareness and the location of concepts of consciousness".

Brie Gertler reviews this book by John Perry. From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

Analyses the inconsistencies of the materialistic view of man and mind on the basis of the present scientific knowledge about brain and matter.

Studies of consciousness, intelligence and autism. From neuroscientist Rodney Cotterill.

Titus Rivas' essay argues that consciousness must ultimately have an impact on the physical world.

Paper about animal consciousness, by Esteban Rivas and Titus Rivas, in science and the human-animal Relationship, 1993.

Seminal 1990 article by Max Velmans.

New theory that takes the mathematical concept of nerve cell interactions as being a form of mathematics that links neural activity to psychology.

Non-reductive forms of physicalism may be influential, but Titus Rivas tries to show why they should be rejected as incoherent.

An extensive annotated bibliography of publications on consciousness, by philosophers, neuroscientists, and psychologists.

Perceptual information and consciousness studies.

Short comment on a paper by Bob Bermond "The Myth of Animal Suffering" by Titus Rivas M.A. Stresses behavioral rather than neuro-anatomical indicators of consciousness in non-human animals.

Concepts of existence, consciousness and awareness as well as a solution to the problem of free will.

Some ideas about how consciousness has changed since pre-history up until the present day, and how it will continue to change.

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