14 episodes

The consciousness of the human mind has long been a topic of fascination and curiosity amongst writers, artists and psychologists, from Carl Jung and Salvador Dali to Virginia Wolfe and Gertrude Stein. This album explores our understanding of consciousness, and features a discussion on some of psychology's most complex questions: what does it mean to be a conscious human, and what purposes our consciousness serves. This material forms part of The Open University course DD303 Cognitive psychology.

Cognitive Psychology - Audio The Open University

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The consciousness of the human mind has long been a topic of fascination and curiosity amongst writers, artists and psychologists, from Carl Jung and Salvador Dali to Virginia Wolfe and Gertrude Stein. This album explores our understanding of consciousness, and features a discussion on some of psychology's most complex questions: what does it mean to be a conscious human, and what purposes our consciousness serves. This material forms part of The Open University course DD303 Cognitive psychology.

    Cognitive Psychology

    Cognitive Psychology

    A short introduction to this album.

    • 47 sec
    Transcript -- Cognitive Psychology

    Transcript -- Cognitive Psychology

    A short introduction to this album.

    What is consciousness?

    What is consciousness?

    What does consciousness mean? How artists, writers and scientists understood consciousness in the 19th and 20th centuries.

    • 6 min
    Transcript -- What is consciousness?

    Transcript -- What is consciousness?

    What does consciousness mean? How artists, writers and scientists understood consciousness in the 19th and 20th centuries.

    Consciousness: the central psychological question

    Consciousness: the central psychological question

    The difficulties of explaining consciousness scientifically.

    • 2 min
    Transcript -- Consciousness: the central psychological question

    Transcript -- Consciousness: the central psychological question

    The difficulties of explaining consciousness scientifically.

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