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Re:Consciousness Began When the Gods Stopped Speaking by nitrogen on Thursday May 28, 2015 @04:04PM (#9620789)
I find bicameralism interesting. When I was younger and religious I could experience a particularly pious state of mind where the internal monologue became more of a very pronounced internal dialogue. It was as if the primary conscious part of my brain could ask a question and get a linguistic (seeming) response from some other part of the brain.

The internal dialog wasn't smarter or supernatural or anything, but it was interesting. I would like to know if any research has been done to try to induce this state of mind, and then find a location (if one exists) of the internal dialogue using fMRI.

Re:Consciousness Began When the Gods Stopped Speaking by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday May 28, 2015 @05:19PM (#9621254)
Get a book on Tarot (or the I Ching).

Get a set of cards.

Shuffle, Deal, Look.

Repeat.

Works on my machine!