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| name = The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
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| author = [[Julian Jaynes]]
| country = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| genre = [[Psychology]]
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== Scholarly reception ==
Jaynes's [[hypothesis]] remains controversial. The primary scientific criticism has been that the conclusions Jaynes drew had no basis in neuropsychiatric fact at that time.<ref>Asaad G, Shapiro B. What about the bicameral mind? Am J Psychiatry 1987;144:696</ref>

[[Richard Dawkins]] discussed Jaynes's theory in his 
recent book ''[[The God Delusion]]''. In his chapter on the roots of religion, Dawkins writes: "It is one of those books that is either complete rubbish or a work of consummate genius, nothing in between!  Probably the former, but I'm hedging my bets."<ref>{{cite book |last= Dawkins |first= Richard | title= The God Delusion |publisher= Houghton Mifflin |year= 2006 |isbn= 1-4303-1230-0 }}</ref>  Others considered Jaynes's hypothesis worthy and offer conditional su(contracted; show full)* [http://www.erikweijers.nl/pages/translations/psychology/the-origin-of-consciousness.php ''The Origin of consciousness'': Summary, selected quotes and review]

{{Laterality}}

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