Dispatches from the front lines of consciousness

Psychologists have many ways to get inside our heads: they can give us questionnaires, track our eyes, time how long we take to respond to cues and measure the blood flow to our brains. But how close can these methods get to the texture of our inner lives? In the New York Times article Taking Mental Snapshots to Plumb Our Inner Selves Russell T. Hurlburt, of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, explores inner life, and faces skeptics.
Source: New York Times