Sigmund Freud’s 800-page book on dreams introduced a new way of thinking about the mind that reverberated through the 20th century.
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Do we need to change the way we think about consciousness?
Standard medical exams miss subtle signs of awareness in around 40% of cases.
Disturbing ideas about motherhood are pushed into our collective unconscious, a film scholar writes. Little wonder they’re at the heart of several chilling films.
The surrealists rejected traditional modes of understanding. They attempted to upend the established order of things by championing freedom and the unconscious mind.
A Sydney librarian recently discovered a misfiled lost gem in the stacks: Virginia Woolf’s own copy of her first novel, with handwritten notes for revision. An expert explores what they tell us.
New research shows that post-coma patients who appear to be in a minimally conscious state can still mentally react to language. This finding could help improve their diagnosis and treatment.
We tend to think everyone is affected by sly, psychological techniques – except ourselves.
Decades of research gives insight into how free our choices really are.
Dreams that are more vivid, more frequent and more striking… Lockdown seems to trouble our nights as well as our days, and there’s reason to believe that’s not just a figment of our imagination.
If consciousness is a by-product of our brains’ nonconscious processes, where does that leave us?
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Professor of Policy Impact, University of Leeds
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Chargée de recherches FNRS, neuropsychologue et logopède, Université de Liège
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Neurologue, professeur de médecine, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière - U1127, Inserm
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Emeritus Professor of Psychology, UCL
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Professor, University of Sydney
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Co-directrice du Coma Science Group, Chercheuse qualifiée FNRS, Neuropsychologue, Université de Liège
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Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Film Studies, Miami University
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Professor of Philosophy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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PhD Candidate in Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
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Visiting Researcher, Cambridge Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
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Hon Professor of Neuropsychology, Cardiff University
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne