Research

Research interests

Memes and memetics. Imitation. The application of evolutionary theory to memes. Consciousness.

I am no longer doing research on out-of-body and near-death experiences, parapsychology, and alien abductions, but see below for publications on these topics.

Published Research

Consciousness

Blackmore,S.J. (2002) What is consciousness? In H. Swain (Ed) Big Questions in Science, London, Jonathan Cape, 39-43

Blackmore,S.J. (2002) There is no stream of consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 9, 17-28  

Blackmore, S. 2002 The grand illusion: Why consciousness only exists when you look for it.  New Scientist, 22.6.02, 26-29 (cover story)

Memes

There is a complete list of my publications on memes 
at UK Memes Central 
or see The Meme Machine

Zen

See the list of my publications on zen

Parapsychology

Blackmore,S.J. 1987 The elusive open mind: Ten years of negative research in parapsychology The Skeptical Inquirer 11 244-255

Lucid Dreams

Blackmore,S.J. 1991 Lucid Dreams Skeptical Inquirer 15 362-370

Near-Death Experiences

Blackmore,S.J. 1991 Near-Death Experiences: In or out of the body? Skeptical Inquirer 16 34-45

Out-of-body Experiences

See my own 1970 experience posted at Charles Tart's TASTE site http://www.issc-taste.org/arc/dbo.cgi?set=expom&id=00075&ss=1

Paranormal belief

Blackmore,S.J. 1992 Psychic Experiences: Psychic Illusions Skeptical Inquirer 16 367-376

Blackmore,S.J. and Troscianko,T.S. 1985 Belief in the Paranormal: Probability judgements, illusory control and the "chance baseline shift" British Journal of Psychology 76 459-468

Alien abductions

Blackmore,S.J. 1994 Alien abduction. New Scientist, 19 November, 29-31. (Cover Story)
Blackmore,S.J. 1998 Abduction by aliens or sleep paralysis? Skeptical Inquirer, 22, 23-28 or see SI version

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