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bicameral mind
Noun
(psychology)
The
hypothetical
mentality,
neurology
and
sociology
of
the
theory
that
before
the
historical
emergence
of
introspective
consciousness
ancient
humans
and
the
earliest
civilizations
were
governed
by
auditory
hallucinations
‘spoken’
by
the
right
cerebral
hemisphere
and
‘heard’
by
the
left
hemisphere
as
the
voices
of
gods.
Japanese Meaning
内省的意識が出現する以前、古代の人類や最初の文明が、右脳から「発せられ」、左脳で「聞かれる」幻聴（神々の声とみなされる）によって統制されていたとする、仮説上の心的状態、神経学および社会学の理論に基づく概念。
Sense（1）
(psychology)
The
hypothetical
mentality,
neurology
and
sociology
of
the
theory
that
before
the
historical
emergence
of
introspective
consciousness
ancient
humans
and
the
earliest
civilizations
were
governed
by
auditory
hallucinations
‘spoken’
by
the
right
cerebral
hemisphere
and
‘heard’
by
the
left
hemisphere
as
the
voices
of
gods.
（ plural ）
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(psychology) The hypothetical mentality, neurology and sociology of the theory that before the historical emergence of introspective consciousness ancient humans and the earliest civilizations were governed by auditory hallucinations ‘spoken’ by the right cerebral hemisphere and ‘heard’ by the left hemisphere as the voices of gods.
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bicameral mind
Many scholars debate whether the bicameral mind can truly explain the origin of religious experience in early civilizations.
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Many scholars debate whether the bicameral mind can truly explain the origin of religious experience in early civilizations.
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