The βicameral mind30 years on: A critical reappraisal of Julian Jaynes' hypothesis

Functional Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-15

  Cavanna, Andrea Eugenio ^a,b   Trimble, Michael ^a   Cinti, Federico ^c   Monaco, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bicameral mind; Consciousness; Qualia

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MENTAL CAPACITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTORY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

BRAIN; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROSCIENCES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 34250646628     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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