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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]]
(contracted; show full) for Jaynes's theory by Marcel Kuijsten, psychological anthropologist [[Brian J. McVeigh]], psychologists John Limber and Scott Greer, clinical psychologist John Hamilton, philosophers Jan Sleutels and [[David Stove]], and sinologist Michael Carr (see [[Shi (personator)|''shi'' "personator"]]). The book also contains an extensive biography of Julian Jaynes by historian of psychology William Woodward and June Tower, and a Foreword by neuroscientist [[Michael Persinger]].


== Similar ideas ==
In his book ''[[The Master and His Emissary]]'', psychiatrist [[Iain McGilchrist]] reviews scientific research into the role of the brain's hemispheres, and cultural evidence, and he proposes that since the time of Plato the left hemisphere of the brain (the "emissary" in the title) has increasingly taken over from the right hemisphere (the "master"), to our detriment. McGilchrist, while accepting Jayne's intention, felt that Jayne's hypothesis was "the precise inverse of what happened" and that rather than a shift ''from'' bicameralism there evolved a separation of the hemispheres.<ref>{{Cite book |author=McGilchrist, Iain |title=The Master and his Emissary |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2009 |page=262 |quote=I believe he [Jayne] got one important aspect of the story back to front. His contention that the phenomena he describes came about because of a ''breakdown'' of the 'bicameral mind' - so that the two hemispheres, previously separate, now merged - is the precise inverse of what happened.}}</ref>⏎
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== Editions ==
''The Origin of Consciousness'' was financially successful, and has been reprinted several times. The book was originally published in 1976 (ISBN 0-395-20729-0) and was nominated for the [[National Book Award]] in 1978.  It has since been reissued (ISBN 0-618-05707-2). A new edition, with an afterword that addressed some criticisms and restated the main themes, was published in the US in 1990. This version was published in the UK by Penguin Books in 1993 (ISBN 0-14-017491-5). It has been translated into Italian, Spanish, German, French, and Persian.

== See also ==
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* [[Behavioral modernity]]
* [[Dual brain theory]]
* [[Exformation]]
* [[Lateralization of brain function]]
* [[FOXP2]], a gene that is implicated in the development of language skills.
* [[Mythopoeic thought]]
* [[Neurotheology]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.julianjaynes.org Julian Jaynes Society]
* [http://www.erikweijers.nl/pages/translations/psychology/the-origin-of-consciousness.php ''The Origin of consciousness'': Summary, selected quotes and review]

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[[Category:1976 books]]
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[[Category:Neuroscience books]]
[[Category:Cognitive science literature]]