Supplementary Course Notes arranged by Lecture Topic
Consciousness, Virtual Reality, and Cyberspace (416-650)
Items revised or added since the beginning of the course are marked 
(last updated 020111)

Topic 1 - Resources

  • Films - A list of films and videos shown in this course
  • Journals
  • Online Papers on Consciousness - choose one paper from each section and read each
  • The world's first course in Consciousness, Virtual Reality and Cyberspace on their field trip to M.I.T.

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    From left to right:  Matt Maennling, Michael, Glenn Cartwright, Dieter Runge, Adam Finkelstein, and Steve Wakeham


    Topic 2 - The human brain.  Split brain
  • Split brain apparatus (you need Shockwave for this)
  • Split brain operation and neuropsychology
  • Whole Brain Atlas
  • Split brain neuroanatomical information
  • Psychology: Two brains?  (includes a note on Roger Sperry)


  • Topic 3 - Cosmic Consciousness
  • Cosmic - What is Cosmic Consciousness?
  • Jaynes - Julian Jaynes, The Origins of Consciousness in the  Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
  • Jaynes obituary,  1920-1997
  • Homer - Was Homer really blind?


  • Topic 4 - States of Consciousness

    Topic 5 - - Formative Causation and Learning

    Topic 6 - Suggestology
  • Lozanov
  • Lozanov center for suggestopaedia-desuggestopaedia
  • Desuggestive Learning


  • Topic7 - Giftedness and Consciousness
  • Einstein - Albert Einstein quote on the Mysterious
  • The Omega Point Theory
  • Teilhard - Teilhard de Chardin quote
  •  FrankTippler
  • The God Module


  • Topic 8 - Hypnosis
  • Hypnogenesis - Magazine for hypnosis and hypnotherapy
  • sessions you can download
  • Hypnosis links


  • Topic 9 - Quantum Consciousness, Physiological Correlates, Modeling Consciousnessness, Wellness
  • Fred Wolfe
  • Imagery for getting well
  • The  Wellbeing Center, St. Louis
  • John Thomas Adams Shaffer, D.Min.
  • http://www.healingartsreport.com/harhtml/har12.htm


  • Topic 10 - Virtual Reality
  • Dagger - Shakespeare on Virtual Reality
  • VBush - Early quote from Vannevar Bush on the nature of Hypertext

  • Topic 11 - Cyberspace
  • Nicole Stenger
  • archeology
  • Michael Benedikt, review of First Steps


  • Miscellaneous