Illustrations from "
Consciousness: An Introduction" by
Susan Blackmore (Hodder, 2003)
.png "Change Blindness - Press the right arrow on your keyboard and see if you can spot the difference between this image and the next")
Change Blindness
Press the right arrow on your keyboard and see if you can spot the difference between this image and the next
.png "Change Blindness - Did you notice the keyboard disappearing?")
Change Blindness
Did you notice the keyboard disappearing?
.png "Split Brain Demonstration -")
Split Brain Demonstration
.png "Pearls on a String - The theory that consciousness occurs as discreet blobs in a linear dimension (time) linked together by memory")
Pearls on a String
The theory that consciousness occurs as discreet blobs in a linear dimension (time) linked together by memory
.png "Raindrop Theory of Consciousness - Perhaps there are many blobs that make up consciousness passing by like drops of rain")
Raindrop Theory of Consciousness
Perhaps there are many blobs that make up consciousness passing by like drops of rain
.png "Candle Flame -")
Candle Flame
.png "Libet's Experiment - This experiment shows that the readiness potential (a motor neurones getting ready to move the hand) occurs before the 'conscious' decision to move the hand is made")
Libet's Experiment
This experiment shows that the readiness potential (a motor neurones getting ready to move the hand) occurs before the 'conscious' decision to move the hand is made
.png "The Great Chain of Being - The sequence of ancestral species in the path towards human evolution")
The Great Chain of Being
The sequence of ancestral species in the path towards human evolution
.png "Tree of Life - It is much better to consider a tree than a linear slice through it (previous image), so that you can see the interrelations between species both extant and extinct")
Tree of Life
It is much better to consider a tree than a linear slice through it (previous image), so that you can see the interrelations between species both extant and extinct
.png "Swiss Army Knife Theory of Mind - The brain contains multiple cognitive specialisations that can run in parallel")
Swiss Army Knife Theory of Mind
The brain contains multiple cognitive specialisations that can run in parallel
.png "Sentience Line - At what point on this line would you attribute 'sentience' or consciousness to the object/plant/animal")
Sentience Line
At what point on this line would you attribute 'sentience' or consciousness to the object/plant/animal
.png "Tower of Generate and Test - Differentiating animals with different levels of intelligence")
Tower of Generate and Test
Differentiating animals with different levels of intelligence
.jpg "Change Blindness - Press the right arrow on your keyboard and see if you can spot the difference between this image and the next")
.jpg "Change Blindness - Did you notice the keyboard disappearing?")
.jpg "Split Brain Demonstration -")
.jpg "Pearls on a String - The theory that consciousness occurs as discreet blobs in a linear dimension (time) linked together by memory")
.jpg "Raindrop Theory of Consciousness - Perhaps there are many blobs that make up consciousness passing by like drops of rain")
.jpg "Candle Flame -")
.jpg "Libet's Experiment - This experiment shows that the readiness potential (a motor neurones getting ready to move the hand) occurs before the 'conscious' decision to move the hand is made")
.jpg "The Great Chain of Being - The sequence of ancestral species in the path towards human evolution")
.jpg "Tree of Life - It is much better to consider a tree than a linear slice through it (previous image), so that you can see the interrelations between species both extant and extinct")
.jpg "Swiss Army Knife Theory of Mind - The brain contains multiple cognitive specialisations that can run in parallel")
.jpg "Sentience Line - At what point on this line would you attribute 'sentience' or consciousness to the object/plant/animal")
.jpg "Tower of Generate and Test - Differentiating animals with different levels of intelligence")