Journal of Consciousness Studies

controversies in science and the humanities

Background reading for BBC Radio 4 2003 Reith Lectures
and BBC2 Horizon Synaesthesia Special: Derek Tastes of Earwax

Lecture 1: Synapses and the Self
V.S. Ramachandran & W. Hirstein, Three Laws of Qualia: What neurology tells us about the biological functions of consciousness
 
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    Lecture 2: The Artful Brain
    V.S. Ramachandran & W. Hirstein, The Science of Art: A neurological theory of aesthetic experience
     
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    Lecture 3: Purple Numbers and Sharp Cheese
    V.S. Ramachandran & E.M. Hubbard, Synaesthesia: A window into perception, thought and language
    This is original paper in which Professor Ramachandran claims that synaesthesia may account for the origin of language and creativity.
     
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