Psychology 121-001
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Date Topic  Readings Assignments 
9/5  Intro    
9/10  What is consciousness?  [Jaynes]  
9/12  Really, what is consciousness?  [Jaynes 2] [Papineau & Selina]  
9/17  The Brain  [Reisberg] Meet in B006 East Hall
9/19  Are we ever going to answer this question?  [Jaynes 2] [Papineau & Selina] Meet in Dennison
9/24  Dreams  [Dolnick] [Delaney] Begin Dream Journal
9/26  Phantom Limbs  [Sacks] [Rama]  
10/1  Subliminal Perception  [Epley] [Bower] [Bush]  
10/3  Flow  [Cziksentmihalyi]  
10/8  Tourette Syndrome  [Sacks] [Bower]  
10/10  Depression  [Solomon]  
10/15  Autism  [Frith]  
10/17  Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder [Schwartz] (Optional: [Gehring] [Rapoport] )  
10/22  Summary and Integration  Dream Journal Due
10/24  Meditation & Mindfulness  [The Art of Attention] Meet at Zen Buddhist Temple
1214 Packard at 10:20
10/29  Can a computer be conscious  [Solso] [Rucker] [Miedaner] [Saunders] Begin Meditation/Mindfulness Journal 
10/31  Schizophrenia  [Jordan] [NEJM] (requires login)
11/5  Computer Consciousness II  [finish readings for 10/29]  
11/7  Animal Consciousness  [Masson 1] [Masson 2]  
11/12  Mind/Body Problem  [Chalmers] [Damasio]   
11/14  Debate   TBA
11/19  The Map is not the Territory [Ornstein]  Meditation/Mindfulness journal due
 Begin final journal
11/21  To be announced    
11/26  Split Brains  [Farthing]  
11/28  Multiple Personalities  [Sybil 1] [Sybil 2] [Legal Issues] optional: [Eve]  
12/3  Violent Consciousness  [Gladwell]  
12/5  Psi/ESP  [Psi Star] [Radin] Optional: [Sinclair]
12/10  Near Death/Out of Body Experiences  [Moody] [Blackmore]  
12/12  Final Wrap-Up    Final Journal due
12/19  (no class)   Final Paper due