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    Perciving Two Levels of the Flow of Time
    with M. Bach and R. A. Block
    Journal of Consciousness Studies 22 (5-6): 7-22. 2015.
    Many physicists regard the flow of time as an illusion. There is an upper level flow of time, the phenomenon of past/present/future; and there is a lower level flow of time which is really a flow of events. Perceptual completion accounts for the lower level flow of time in a few ways: apparent movement; amodal completion; and dynamic change as exemplified by a newly described modal completion that we called happening. It acts like an illusory percept connecting discrete stimuli in all sensory mo…Read more
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    Neurophysics of the Flow of Time
    Journal of Mind and Behavior 29 (3): 241-255. 2008.
    Three physical theories explaining the flow of time are examined. One theory suggests that “flow” is associated with the manner of information transfer between registers within the brain. Different robotic systems are predicted to experience different types of flow. Here, human examples are found to support the theory and the model is modified suggesting that flow is a cognitive illusion. A second theory suggests that time is non-existent, that the universe is a complex quantum state which, upon…Read more
  • The Spiritual Anatomy of Emotion (review)
    Journal of Mind and Behavior 31 (3-4). 2010.
    Michael A. Jawer and Marc S. Micozzi present a broad analysis of emotions and feelings as they connect to both the brain and body in The Spiritual Anatomy of Emotion. As an additional feature, the authors attempt to relate emotions to what they call the sixth sense — the spiritual. This book is a comprehensive collection of opinions, anecdotes, and scientific studies; the authors weave these into the supporting structure of their theory. The book is a comfortable, easy read; it is well-organized…Read more