The impassable chasm that appears to exist between our subjective and the objective world
Cartesian Dualism raises the question of what exactly observes our obsevations
Zombies & Zimbos
Which face appears closer to you – the top left or bottom right?
The visual system divides into these two streams. Dorsal is fast, ventral is slow and used for more complex visual tasks
Some people who are perceptually blind in a certain area of their visual field can demonstrate some response to visual stimuli
have a subject close their eyes and quickly tap their wrist five times, their elbow three times and the shoulder twice. This often feels like a sequence of taps that progress incrementally up the arm.
The Spotlight of Attention
Tunnel Visual Illusion
A dissappearing Cheshire Cat – Cover your right eye, look at the dot with your left and move your headtowards and away from the screen. The Cat will dissappear when your blind spot covers it. The brain appears to fill in the blind spot with surrounding stimuli
Split Brain Experiment with Chicken
Teleporter
This experiment demonstrates that your brain decides to initiate motor functions before you consciously decide to make any movements
People often see/feel scary things during sleep paralysis
Mapping States of Consciousness
Animals in their Umwelts
The Mirror-self recognition experiment. A chimp is aneasthatised and a dot is placed on the forehead. When the chimp wakes up it sees the dot in its reflection and attempts to remove it. This implies that chimps may have a concept of self, rather than thinking the reflection is just another chimp or an illusion
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