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New issue: Journal of Consciousness Studies

This alert includes two issues of JCS. They include a hole range of articles including: book reviews, original articles, and continuing debates.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The alleged illusion of free will

The discussion of whether we have a free will is one of the key issues in consciousness science. As van Duijn and Bem argues in this paper, there seems to be a trend in cognitive neuroscience to view free will as an illusion. C...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Suppressing unwanted memories

Freud redux? A study from 2004 in Science looked into how we suppress unwanted memories. In this study, Anderson and colleagues found a nice relationship between the amount of activation in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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How split-brains recognise themselves

The study of how self-awareness relates to the structures and functions of the brain has taken many approaches. Studies have identified contributions from the parietal lobes in self-other distinction and body space, while other...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Colour perception illusion site

Colour perception can be influenced by the local environment in which they are seen. But just how dramatic can this influence be? Here we link to a website that demonstrates the effect of colour constancy.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Toward an Explanation of the Genesis of Ketamine-Induced Perceptual Distortions

Ketamine is an anaesthetic drug for human and veterinary use. However, it is also a drug that is used recreationally due to its ability to induce lighter and more short-lived hallucinations than LSD. It also produces perceptual...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Language colours vision

The left brain may view the world through the prism of language. Our perception of colours can depend on whether we view them from the left or the right, scientists have found. They say this demonstrates how language can alter ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Consciousness and Mind

Consciousness and Mind presents David Rosenthal’s influential work on the nature of consciousness. Central to that work is Rosenthal’s higher-order-thought theory of consciousness, according to which a sensation, th...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Causal models. How People Think about the World and Its Alternatives

Human beings are active agents who can think. To understand how thought serves action requires understanding how people conceive of the relation between cause and effect, that is, between action and outcome. In cognitive terms,...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Call for papers – New Ideas in Psychology

New Ideas in Psychology is calling papers for a special issue entitled ‘Dynamics and Psychology’. The purpose of this special issue is to bring together some of the leading views on dynamicism as it relates to psych...