This web site lists resources that will stimulate your thinking about the nature of consciousness. (
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exhibitions/Mind/Consciousness.html
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Explore links to information on a wide range of consciousness topics, including the neural correlates of consciousness, free will and consciousness, the elusive mind, dreaming and consciousness, and many more fascinating topics. (
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/resources.html
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This on-line textbook provides in-depth information about many areas of sleep, including brain mechanisms in sleep, functions of sleep, sleep disorders, and dreams. (
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/sleepless.html
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Follow an ongoing experiment involving circadian rhythms in hamsters that is designed to find out how medicines used to treat people with depression and other affective disorders may act on the body's biological clock. (
http://www.bio.warwick.ac.uk/millar/circad.html
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An article on the on-line Internet journal, Brain and Mind, that explores biological clocks with a special focus on temperature. (
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bioclock.cfm
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This web site has extensive connections to information and resources about a wide range of sleep disorders, including treatment strategies. (
http://www.sleepnet.com/
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A resource for interpreting dreams; includes interpretation of characters, nightmares, dreams in series, flying in dreams, dream prophecy, problem solving, and creative dreaming. When visiting this site, keep your critical thinking scientific hat on. (
http://www.sleeps.com/
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Read about free association and dreaming, day residue, connections among dreams, myths about dreams, and how to remember dreams. (
http://www.rider.edu/users/suler/dreams.html
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Gives answers to frequently asked questions about hypnosis, describes the neurobiological basis of hypnosis, and provides resources for learning more about hypnosis. (
http://www.hypnosis.com/
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This national clearinghouse for drug information has links to many helpful sites, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive. (
http://www.health.org/
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Extensive web connections to information about a wide range of drugs and behavior topics, including alcohol, biopsychology and pharmacology, inhalents, stimulants, hallucinogens, and the legal aspects of drugs. (
http://www.oklahoma.net/~jnichols/drugs.html
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Explore the neuropharmacology of alcohol, including an intriguing animation of alcohol effects on the neurotransmitter GAVA. (
http://www.alcohol-drug.com/neuropsych.htm
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The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's web site with extensive links to helpful sites, including numerous research journals, data bases, and research programs; also includes a section with answers to frequently asked questions about alcoholism. (
http://alcoholism.miningco.com/
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Learn more about the history of opiate use, the opium industry in America, and many other aspects of opiates. (
http://mojo.calyx.net/~schaffer/heroin/opiates.html
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Graphic animations of the effects of cocaine on the brain, especially changes in the neurotransmitter Dopamine. (
http://www.nida.nih.gov/ResearchReports/Cocaine/Cocaine.html
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Describes the health consequences of marijuana use and explores a variety of myths and facts about marijuana. (
http://www.nida.nih.gov/MarijBroch/Marijintro.html
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Extensive links to information about many aspects of addictions including government resources, self-help and recovery groups, and mailing lists. (
http://www.addictions.net/
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Examine information about the neurobiology of drug addiction and specific drugs, such as alcohol and marijuana. (
http://www.capitolcitypublishers.com/links/drugalcohol.html
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