Illustrations from:
Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction by
Susan Blackmore, Oxford University Press (2005)
.png "Libet's Experiment - This experiment demonstrates that your brain decides to initiate motor functions before you consciously decide to make any movements")
Libet's Experiment
This experiment demonstrates that your brain decides to initiate motor functions before you consciously decide to make any movements
.png "Sleep Paralysis - People often see/feel scary things during sleep paralysis")
Sleep Paralysis
People often see/feel scary things during sleep paralysis
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Mapping States of Consciousness
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Animals in their Umwelts
.png "Chimp Looking in Mirror - The Mirror-self recognition experiment. A chimp is aneasthatised and a dot is placed on the forehead. When the chimp wakes up it sees the dot in its reflection and attempts to remove it. This implies that chimps may have a concept of self, rather than thinking the reflection is just another chimp or an illusion")
Chimp Looking in Mirror
The Mirror-self recognition experiment. A chimp is aneasthatised and a dot is placed on the forehead. When the chimp wakes up it sees the dot in its reflection and attempts to remove it. This implies that chimps may have a concept of self, rather than thinking the reflection is just another chimp or an illusion
.jpg "Libet's Experiment - This experiment demonstrates that your brain decides to initiate motor functions before you consciously decide to make any movements")
.jpg "Sleep Paralysis - People often see/feel scary things during sleep paralysis")
.jpg "Mapping States of Consciousness -")
.jpg "Animals in their Umwelts -")
.jpg "Chimp Looking in Mirror - The Mirror-self recognition experiment. A chimp is aneasthatised and a dot is placed on the forehead. When the chimp wakes up it sees the dot in its reflection and attempts to remove it. This implies that chimps may have a concept of self, rather than thinking the reflection is just another chimp or an illusion")