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An auditory hallucination, or paracusia, [ 1] is a form of hallucination that involves perceiving sounds without auditory stimulus. While experiencing an auditory hallucination, the affected person hears a sound or sounds that did not come from the natural environment. A common form of auditory hallucination involves hearing one or more voices ...
ISBN. 978-0618057078. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind is a 1976 book by the Princeton psychologist, psychohistorian [ a] and consciousness theorist Julian Jaynes (1920-1997). It explores the nature of consciousness – particularly "the ability to introspect" – and its evolution in ancient human history.
Hard problem of consciousness. In the philosophy of mind, the hard problem of consciousness is to explain why and how humans and other organisms have qualia, phenomenal consciousness, or subjective experience. [ 1][ 2] It is contrasted with the "easy problems" of explaining why and how physical systems give a (healthy) human being the ability ...
A hallucination is a perception in the absence of an external stimulus that has the compelling sense of reality. [ 4] Hallucination is a combination of two conscious states of brain wakefulness and REM sleep. [ 5] They are distinguishable from several related phenomena, such as dreaming ( REM sleep ), which does not involve wakefulness ...
Nugent was born the third of four siblings in Redford, Michigan, [9] [10] and raised in Detroit, the son of Marion Dorothy (née Johnson) and Warren Henry Nugent. [11] [12] [13] He attended William Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois, as a freshman in 1963–1964, [14] then transferred to St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois. [15]
In “The Secret Life of the Universe: An Astrobiologist's Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life,” readers won't walk away with a clear-cut answer to that question. But they'll have a ...
The Singularity Is Near. The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence is a non-fiction book by inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil about artificial intelligence and the future course of humanity. First published in hardcover on January 1, 1999, by Viking, it has received attention from The New York Times, The New York ...
978-0-57133-770-5. Being You: A New Science of Consciousness is a 2021 non-fiction book by neuroscientist Anil Seth, published by Faber and Faber. The book explores the author's theory of consciousness and the self. Seth also looks at the relationship between humans, animals, and the potential for machines to have consciousness.