Julian Jaynes

Julian Jaynes
Born	(1920-02-27)February 27, 1920 West Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Died	November 21, 1997(1997-11-21) (aged 77) Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Alma mater	Harvard University, attended 1940–42 McGill University, B.A., 1944 Yale University, M.A., PhD 1948
Occupation(s)	Psychologist, writer

Julian Jaynes (February 27, 1920 – November 21, 1997) was an American researcher in psychology at Yale and Princeton for nearly 25 years, best known for his 1976 book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind.^[1] His career was dedicated to the problem of consciousness: "the difference between what others see of us and our sense of our inner selves and the deep feelings that sustain it. ... Men have been conscious of the problem of consciousness almost since consciousness began."^[2] Jaynes's solution touches on many disciplines, including neuroscience, linguistics, psychology, archeology, history, religion and analysis of ancient texts.