News from Science & Consciousness Research

Dear member of this list, Science & Consciousness Review (http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/ ) has released new articles and reviews: _____________________ NEWS ARTICLE: Free consciousness articles - And how to find them on the web Did you know? The Web has an abundance of freely available consciousness articles. Scientific articles on anaesthesia, visual attention, and blindsight, just to mention a few. All this is available through many different websites and services. Some websites offer documents uploaded by the authors themselves, other sites are regular science journals that offer free articles older than 1-2 years. Here is a brief tour guide through some of the best places. Full article: http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/LN_Oct02_FreeScienceOnline.htm _____________________ NEWS IN BRIEF - New Issue: Visual cognition - New articles from Psyche - ASSC-7 -- Call for papers - Integrating emotion and cognition in formal models - Brain activity and the perception of Rubin's vase-face illusion - Volition to action -- an event- related fMRI study - Pain in the persistent vegetative state - Biology vs. the blank slate - Destined for distinguished oblivion - Neural correlates for feeling-of-knowing - Orbitofrontal cortex and memory formation - Reflective self-awareness and conscious states Full access at http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/more_news.html _____________________ ARCHIVES Previous issues of Science & Consciousness Review can be found at http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/archive.html We have now issues from April to September, including all articles, reviews and news in brief. _____________________ CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS Please send your contributions to us. Summaries of published scientific articles, 200 words or more, in easy to read language. Authors are encouraged to send the first 500 words of their published articles, rewritten in teaching style. You keep the copyright. Manuscripts may be lightly edited. See Instructions for authors: http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/author_instructions.html ____________________ ABOUT SCIENCE & CONSCIOUSNESS REVIEW SCR is a community-building effort. Many scientific communities study how the human brain makes possible perception, memory, and even attention. But for historical reasons, we have no scientific community for exploring consciousness --- including our own experiences of the world, of each other and of ourselves. It is probably the most important neglected topic in science. Students and scientists all over the world are vitally interested. Hardly a week goes by without another major article in headline journals like Science and Nature. The flow of evidence has increased enormously. But so far we have few institutional resources for teaching, learning, and sharing this information. In the last decade we have seen new, high quality journals, professional societies, and regular meetings. They are vitally important. But many people feel that we need an international forum to build a sense of shared community. SCR is an effort in that direction. ___________________________ Best wishes, Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy Managing Editor