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 ==== HYPOTHESIS TWO: BICAMERAL MENTALITY ==== ==== HYPOTHESIS TWO: BICAMERAL MENTALITY ====
  
-**Explanation**+**Theoretical Claim**
  
-The second hypothesis proposes that preceding the cultural invention of consciousness people possessed a different mentality—bicameral or “two-chambered”—that generated hallucinations; these functioned as a type of social control (the details of this earlier mentality are presented later in [[hypothesis-four|Hypothesis Four]]—bicameral neurology—which deals with the finer points of the neurology subserving bicameral psychobehavior).+The second hypothesis proposes that preceding the cultural invention of consciousness people possessed a different mentality—bicameral or “two-chambered”—that generated hallucinations; these functioned as a type of social control (the details of this earlier mentality are presented later in [[hypothesis-four|Hypothesis Four]]—bicameral neurology—which deals with the finer points of the neurology subserving bicameral psychosocial behavior).
  
 Jaynes concluded that hallucinations must have an innate structure in the nervous system. He pointed out how the historical record is replete with examples of individuals claiming visitations from divine beings. Moreover, presently, many people diagnosed with schizophrenia and other mental health disorders report hearing voices. What’s more, not a small number of people still experience benign audiovisual hallucinations. Jaynes concluded that hallucinations must have an innate structure in the nervous system. He pointed out how the historical record is replete with examples of individuals claiming visitations from divine beings. Moreover, presently, many people diagnosed with schizophrenia and other mental health disorders report hearing voices. What’s more, not a small number of people still experience benign audiovisual hallucinations.
  
-**Evidence**+**Supporting Evidence**
  
 //Hallucinations as a Side Effect of Language Comprehension// //Hallucinations as a Side Effect of Language Comprehension//
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