Sites describing research into Consciousness via various disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, mythology, and mystical exploration.
An extensive annotated bibliography of publications on consciousness, by philosophers, neuroscientists, and psychologists. http://home.earthlink.net/~dravita/
Information and scholarly publications on theories concerning neuronal microtubules as the microsites of consciousness through quantum effects. http://www.u.arizona.edu/~hameroff/
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/
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/
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
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
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/
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
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/
Combines concepts from philosophy and science to describe a hypothetical framework for considering transmigration of consciousness. http://mbdefault.org/
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/
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/
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
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 http://listserv.uh.edu/archives/psyche-d.html
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 di http://listserv.uh.edu/archives/psyche-b.html
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, http://www.nimh.nih.gov/events/consciousness.cfm
A theory of consciousness and dreaming devised by novelist and playwright Paul Ableman, with purported implications for understanding various psychopathologies. http://www.twindatastream.com
Bibliography and online articles by this distinguished Consciousness researcher, phenomenologist, and neuroscientist. In both French and English. http://www.ccr.jussieu.fr/varela/
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 ide http://pages.prodigy.net/lofting
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/
A moderated, interdisciplinary forum for academic consciousness researchers, including philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/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
Dr. Sam Vaknin considers the appropriateness of metaphors, particularly the computer metaphor, used to describe the brain. http://samvak.tripod.com/meta.html
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
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/
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/
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
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/
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
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 physic http://www.aber.ac.uk/tfts/journal
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 r http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/departments/psychology/staff/velpub.html
Offering excerpts from a book that tries to define existence through experimential exploration of the functioning of consciousness. http://www.presencethebook.com
Thesis by Nadia Delicata discussing consciousness, mystical experience, and an experiment concerning the effect of focused attention on working memory. http://nadia.delicata.net
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/
Interdisciplinary study of consciousness. Provides both theoretical models and experimental verifications. Based on author's contributions in this field. http://free.hostdepartment.com/d/dankomed/
Concise illustrated descriptions and discussions of leading philosophical theories of consciousness, and well known thought experiments, and the issues they raise. http://www.consciousentities.com/index.htm
New theory that takes the mathematical concept of nerve cell interactions as being a form of mathematics that links neural activity to psychology. http://www.stevenharris.com/theory/
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://www.sci-con.org/
A leading researcher into the neuroscience of consciousness. Includes personal information and links to online versions of some of his technical and less technical publications. http://www.klab.caltech.edu/~koch/index-main-page.html
Chalmers is a leading figure in the philosophy of consciousness, and this page gives access not only to his own writings, but his extensive annotated bibliography of philosophy of mind and his directory of hundreds of online papers on consciousness and re http://jamaica.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/
Section of the British Psychological Society. Information on the Section, its aims and activities, including its journal "Consciousness & Experiential Psychology". http://www.warwick.ac.uk/cep/
A refereed, electronic, open access, interdisciplinary journal of neuroscience and quantum physics. Also brings perspectives from philosophy, psychology, and artificial intelligence to bear on the problems of consciousness and mind. http://www.neuroquantology.com
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://www.julianjaynes.org/
