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Review by Lawrence Kaye of `Language, Thought and Consciousness: An Essay in Philosophical
Psychology' by Peter Carruthers.
http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v4/psyche-4-02-kaye.html
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Mind-Brain.com
Annotated links and papers on consciousness studies, collected by Shawn Mikula.
http://mind-brain.com/index.php
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Wasiwaska
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.
http://www.wasiwaska.org/
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Staged Present - Attending to the Mystical on the Stage of Working Memory
Thesis by Nadia Delicata discussing consciousness, mystical experience, and an experiment
concerning the effect of focused attention on working memory.
http://nadia.delicata.net
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The Causally Efficacious Psyche
Non-reductive forms of physicalism may be influential, but Titus Rivas tries to show why they
should be rejected as incoherent.
http://members.lycos.nl/Kritisch/efficaciouspsyche.html
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The Cerebral Code
Thinking a thought in the mosaics of the mind.
http://williamcalvin.com/bk9
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Presence - The book
Offering excerpts from a book that tries to define existence through experimential exploration of
the functioning of consciousness.
http://www.presencethebook.com
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Intuition - Its Powers and Perils
An introduction to the powers and perils of intuition, plus related essays and links to leading
researchers.
http://www.davidmyers.org/intuition
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California Institute of Technology - Video Course: The Neuronal Basis of Consciousness
The course provides a framework for beginning to address these questions from a reductionist point
of view.
http://www.klab.caltech.edu/cns120/videos.html
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Max Velmans on Consciousness
Gives access to publications by this well known, non-dualist and non-reductionist, consciousness
researcher and psychologist. Many of his papers are available online here, plus abstracts of others
and blurbs of his 3 books on the subject with links to reviews.
http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/departments/psychology/staff/velpub.html
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Consciousness and Cognition
Access to abstracts of articles, submission guidelines, and subscription information of the print
journal.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10538100
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Consciousness Rules
Explores consciousness as both the nature and purpose of reality, as well as the ethical and
political implications.
http://consciousnessrules.net
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Brain Science
Studies of consciousness, intelligence and autism. From neuroscientist Rodney Cotterill.
http://info.fysik.dtu.dk/Brainscience/people/rodney.html
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Consciousness, Literature and the Arts
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.
http://www.aber.ac.uk/tfts/journal
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Idealist philosophy
Full text papers on idealist philosophy, collective consciousness, and spirituality from CIRIP, a
center for interdisciplinary research.
http://www.mobilixnet.dk/~mob79301/fulltextpapers.html
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Adventure of Consciousness
A spiritual view of Consciousness - its planes, gradations, parts, evolution and change of
consciousness as explained by The Mother and Sri Aurobindo.
http://www.lightendlesslight.org/AdventofCon.htm
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Geometric Theory of Consciousness
An attempt to explain consciousness in terms of 4-dimensional geometry.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~lka/geometric.htm
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Phenomenology and Neurodynamics.
Homepage of Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy, making available his drafts and articles.
http://www.geocities.com/t_z_ramsoy/
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Dr. Charles T. Tart, Home Page and Virtual Library
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.
http://paradigm-sys.com/cttart/
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EmergentMind, Mapping the Frontiers of Consciousness
Key papers, discussions and research leads focusing on holographic models of mind and mind-body
interactions.
http://www.emergentmind.org
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Geraint Rees Home Page
The neuroscience of consciousness. Many published articles by Dr. Rees are made available here.
http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~grees/
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Journey into Consciousness
Research in the fields of near-death experiences and related paranormal phenomena.
http://home.earthlink.net/~drdianne
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The denial of consciousness in non-human animals
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.
http://members.lycos.nl/Kritisch/index-17.html
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Science And Consciousness Review
An attempt to build a community for disseminating information about events and new scientific
findings in the field of consciousness research. Sponsored by some of the leading names in the
field.
http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/index.html
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Shawn Mikula's Homepage
A theory on the neurological basis of consciousness.
http://mind-brain.com/
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Unified Reality Theory
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.
http://www.unifiedreality.com/
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Consciousness, Brain and the Physical World
Seminal 1990 article by Max Velmans.
http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/documents/disk0/00/00/02/38/cog00000238-00/199801005.html
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On the possibility of laws that govern the nature of consciousness
Perceptual information and consciousness studies.
http://dfludd.0catch.com/
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Consciousness: The Detector Approach
Understanding the Hard Problem - How Consciousness can fit into our Natural Orders. By Jan
Holmgren.
http://home.swipnet.se/~w-61325/ConsciousnessTheDetectorApproach/
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Mind, Consciousness, and Language
The relationships between mind, consciousness, & 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.
http://www.mind-consciousness-language.com/
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Astro Biological Coenergetics
An unorthodox look at mind, consciousness and perception.
http://www.tellworld.com/Astro.Biological.Coenergetics
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Consciousness
Entry commissioned for the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. By Eric Lormand of the University
of Michigan.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lormand/phil/cons/consciousness.htm
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Consciousness: what can the paranormal teach us about it?
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.
http://www.csicop.org/si/2001-03/conciousness.html
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Metaphors of the Mind
Dr. Sam Vaknin considers the appropriateness of metaphors, particularly the computer metaphor, used
to describe the brain.
http://samvak.tripod.com/meta.html
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Douglas F. Watt
Articles and reviews about the scientific basis of emotion and consciousness, by the distinguised
neuroscientist.
http://drwatt.freeyellow.com/
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Julian Jaynes Society
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.
http://julianjaynessociety.tripod.com/
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Toward a Science of Consciousness
Abstracts of papers presented at the big Tucson II, Tucson III, and Tucson 2000 "Toward a
Science of Consciousness" conferences, and other recent consciousness conferences. Plus links
to press reports on the Tucson conferences.
http://www.imprint-academic.demon.co.uk/SPECIAL/tucson.html
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Consciousness and Psychophysics
By E.G.J. Eijkman, Dutch Medical Physicist. Main content is an essay on "Universal
Consciousness".
http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/E.Eijkman/
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eGroups: consciousness
A moderated, interdisciplinary forum for academic consciousness researchers, including
philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/consciousness
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New York University Research Seminar on Consciousness.
Prepared for a seminar conducted by Ned Block and Thomas Nagel, this page provides links to papers
by a distinguished roster of contemporary philosophers.
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/consciousness/
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The Presence
An exploration of consciousness utilizing scientific, mystical and Taoist principles.
http://users.senet.com.au/~presence/SitePages/KeysToEternity/KeyEternityFrames.html
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The Conscious Stream
Information about a book describing "a new model of how the nervous system makes
consciousness".
http://community.gorge.net/neuro/
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View from the Stranger's Gallery
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.
http://www.brianfelsen.com/
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Catholic Encyclopedia: Consciousness
Entry from the 1913 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04274a.htm
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Virtual Reality: Consciousness Really Explained
A radical scientific and evolutionary hypothesis about the origin of mind. By Jerome Iglowitz.
http://www.foothill.net/~jerryi/
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The Light Millennium
Articles on the relationship of light to the phenomenon of consciousness.
http://www.lightmillennium.org/index.html
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Making Robots Conscious of their Mental States
Article by Artificial Intelligence pioneer John McCarthy (dated 19-Jul-1999).
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/consciousness.html
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Consciousness and Neuroscience
Paper by Nobel laureate Francis Crick and neuroscientist Cristof Koch.
http://artsci.wustl.edu/~jprinz/consciousness/crick-koch-cc-97.html
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Meaning - the emergence of meaning (semiosis)
From analysis of neurocognitive/affective processes of the Brain the site comes up with a model of
meaning that includes Mind being an abstraction from Brain and our species fundamental adaptation
has been to light/EMF processing. From this work is identified a template used to create
metaphors.
http://pages.prodigy.net/lofting
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5th International Conference on Memory, Awareness and Consciousness
Information about a medically oriented conference on consciousness (scheduled for June 1-3, 2001),
concerned mainly with anaesthesiology and pharmacological issues in patient care.
http://www.maacc.org/
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Francisco Varela's Home Page
Bibliography and online articles by this distinguished Consciousness researcher, phenomenologist,
and neuroscientist. In both French and English.
http://www.ccr.jussieu.fr/varela/
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Quantum Mind Mailing List
Home page and archive for moderated mailing list devoted to quantum mechanical approaches to
consciousness.
http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/quantum-mind.html
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Journal of Mind and Behavior
An established psychology print journal that frequently publishes articles on consciousness.
http://kramer.ume.maine.edu/~jmb/welcome.html
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Twin Data Stream Theory of Consciousness
A theory of consciousness and dreaming devised by novelist and playwright Paul Ableman, with
purported implications for understanding various psychopathologies.
http://www.twindatastream.com
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Scientific Approaches to Consciousness: Reductionism Debated
Video archive (needs Real-Player) of a May 2000 conference held under the auspices of the National
Institute of Mental Health. Features some of the leading scientists and philosophers in the field,
including Cristof Koch, J. Allan Hobson, David Chalmers, and Patricia Churchland.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/events/consciousness.cfm
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Archives of PSYCHE-B
PSYCHE-B is a moderated email mailing list for the discussion of biological and experimental
psychological approaches to the study of consciousness, as opposed to the more theoretical and
philosophical discussions on PSYCHE-D, out of which it grew. The discussion is at a high level, and
many of the leading scientists and philosophers in the Consciousness Studies movement have taken
part. Archives go back to October 1996.
http://listserv.uh.edu/archives/psyche-b.html
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The Archives of PSYCHE-D
PSYCHE-D is a moderated email mailing list for the discussion of theoretical aspects of the nature
of consciousness, from a scientific perspective. The discussion is at a high level, and many of the
leading scientists and philosophers in the Consciousness Studies movement have taken part. Archives
go back to April 1993.
http://listserv.uh.edu/archives/psyche-d.html
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Omnipresent Consciousness and Freedom of Choice
A solution to the problem of free will.
http://members.aol.com/ClJanew/welcome.htm
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Consciousness in the Natural World Project
Contains details of the project, analytic philosophy papers and bibliographies on the mind and
consciousness, and links to philosophy of mind resources. Director: Dr Jose Luis Bermudez.
http://www.stir.ac.uk/departments/arts/philosophy/cnw/webpage1.htm
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JCS-Online -- Digest of the Key Debates
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.
http://www.imprint.co.uk/online_index.html
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Explorations in Mind, Being and Reality
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.
http://horizons-2000.org/
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University of Philosophical Research
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".
http://www.uprs.edu/
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INACS Institute for Neuroscience And Consciousness Studies
Organization researching such areas as mind/brain/machine interface, anomalous consciousness, and
lucid dreaming.
http://www.inacs.org/
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Metaphysics by Default
Combines concepts from philosophy and science to describe a hypothetical framework for considering
transmigration of consciousness.
http://mbdefault.org/
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Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
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.
http://www.assc.caltech.edu/
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Consciousness and Microtubules
A critical discussion of philosophy and science,and the scientized philosophy of consciousness,
with special reference to materialism and David Papineau.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/consciousness_and_microtubules.htm
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Development of Western Consciousness
Some ideas about how consciousness has changed since pre-history up until the present day, and how
it will continue to change.
http://rimu.orcon.net.nz/con/index.html
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Online Papers on Consciousness
David Chalmers' directory of hundreds of online papers on consciousness and related topics.
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/online.html
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Theories of Consciousness
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.
http://www.1729.com/consciousness/
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Going Inside
Overview of science writer John McCrone's new book "Going Inside - a tour around a single
moment of consciousness." Also includes links to articles and sites that provide the lay
person a good overview of current thought in cognitive science.
http://www.btinternet.com/~neuronaut/index.html
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Journal of Consciousness Studies.
Useful links on Consciousness Studies, plus contents and some materials from the journal..
http://www.imprint.co.uk/jcs.html
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MindWarp
The MindWarp deals with various technologies for the alteration of consciousness - chemical,
electronic, and rhythmic.
http://www.fiu.edu/~mizrachs/mindwarp.html
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Consciousness Website
Explores consciousness using the tree of life as a map, links to mythology, and gives an outline of
scientific research into consciousness.
http://www.esotericlinks.com/taoframeset.html
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Science of Consciousness
A theory of the conscious mind, by Norman Stubbs.
http://www.science-of-consciousness.com/
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Doorways in Consciousness
Cultures around the globe embrace sound in healing, creation, and exploring consciousness. This
essay connects creativity with healing, thus recreating health in the body.
http://www.vantagequest.org/trees/door1.htm
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Honderich on Consciousness as Existence
First of the philosopher Ted Honderich's papers on the idea that perceptual consciousness is a kind
of existence of things or a world.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/index.htm
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Quantum Resonance Theory
A grand unified theory of consciousness, based on mysticism (primarily Kabbalah) and quantum
theory.
http://www.xmission.com/~mkeener
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Consciousness, Physics, and the Holographic Paradigm
In the context of the Holographic Paradigm all things,including consciousness and the
transcendental aspects of ultimate reality,are entirely physical.
http://www.netdot.com/hermital/
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PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on 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.
http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/
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Comments on: Amit Goswami's 'Science within Consciousness'
A critique of Amit Goswami's views,arguing that Goswami's 'monism' is really a dualism in which
mind and matter are irreducibly different.
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~ursa/philos/goswami.htm
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Consciousness as an Active Force
Amy Lansky, a researcher in artificial intelligence, argues against a purely neurophysiological
explanation of consciousness.
http://www.renresearch.com/consciousness.html
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Studies on Consciousness
Devoted to the study of consciousness, mind and cognition, with regular reviews and essays, and a
bibliography on the subject.
http://www.thymos.com/
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Science within Consciousness
An online newsletter attempting to answer the "hard questions" of consciousness on the
premise that consciousness is the ground of all being.
http://www.swcp.com/~hswift/swc/
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Research on the Global Nature of Consciousness
Synopsis of two projects using random event generators to investigate Consciousness.
http://www.psy.uva.nl/ResEdu
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Global Consciousness Project
Presents scientifically rigorous experiments on consciousness coordinated by Roger Nelson's team at
Princeton.
http://noosphere.princeton.edu/
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Consciousness Studies
Presents an outline of Consciousness research at the University of Arizona.
http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/
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Gaia Mind
Home page of an organization which supports research into the global nature of Consciousness.
http://www.gaiamind.org
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Mystery of the Soul
Presents a practical approach to the mystery of consciousness.
http://www.plotinus.com/
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Consciousness Research Laboratory
Describes the scientific study of the role of Consciousness in the physical world.
http://www.psiresearch.org/
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The Penrose-Hameroff Model of Consciousness
Information and scholarly publications on theories concerning neuronal microtubules as the
microsites of consciousness through quantum effects.
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~hameroff/
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Consciousness and the Brain
An extensive annotated bibliography of publications on consciousness, by philosophers,
neuroscientists, and psychologists.
http://home.earthlink.net/~dravita/
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