Front cover of the book, two heads facing each other, with multi-coloured stripes and lines resembling hair. With a black background. And underneath the text: Consciousness: An Introduction. Fourth Edition

Welcome

Psychologist, lecturer and writer researching consciousness, memes, and anomalous experiences, and Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth. All my work is available here in publications or on Google Scholar, Academia.edu and ResearchGate. For current news follow me on Facebook. You might like to know:

Research Topics

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NEW Consciousness Textbook 2024
Now in its fourth edition, this highly popular text is the definitive introduction to consciousness, exploring the key theories and evidence in consciousness studies ranging from neuroscience and psychology to quantum theories and philosophy.


TED TALK

My TED talk (in 23 languages). Also on Memes & Tremes  “Dangerous Memes” & New Scientist: Evolution’s third replicator: Genes, memes, and now what?

NEW Jinny Jana’s Giant Journeys 2025

The front cover of a book, Jinny Jana's Giant Journeys by Sue Blackmore. The illustration depicts a young girl wearing a big, yellow, floppy hat and hugging a big tabby cat. 

“what might just be the best lucid dreaming book ever written for children…” Daniel Love, Lucid Dreaming Teacher, The Lucid Guide (read book review here)

 

 

Old things I still like

‘Close Encounters’, A BBC documentary about alien abductions from 1994 – now available on YouTube. BBC Radio 4 “A Place of Silence”, 1998. Half-hour documentary about Maenllwyd retreat in rural Wales. Castaway on Desert Island Discs BBC Radio 4, 3.5.98 and 8.5.98.

My Books

  • The front cover of a book, Jinny Jana's Giant Journeys by Sue Blackmore. The illustration depicts a young girl wearing a big, yellow, floppy hat and hugging a big tabby cat.
  • Front cover of the book, two heads facing each other, with multi-coloured stripes and lines resembling hair. With a black background. And underneath the text: Consciousness: An Introduction. Fourth Edition
  • VSI Consciousness

 

Memberships and Affiliations

I am an Honorary Member of Population Matters Patron of Transform Drug Policy Foundation Patron of the British Humanist Association Ally of Naturalism, Enthusiastic Bright Distinguished Supporter of Atheism Supporter of Pipedown I am on the Advisory Board, Brain Preservation Society. A Fellow of the GWUP (German Skeptics Organisation) I am listed in: 100 Global Minds: 2015 and the 30 most influential psychologists I am a member of The Society of Authors

My ORCID iD  ORCID Logo ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0845-2223

Illustration of Susan Blackmore, for The Skeptic, The Third Eye
The third eye? Cover illustration The Skeptic, Vol 26 No.2, 2016

 

An illustration of Susan Blackmore's head inside a large green question mark. With the question: What's It all about.?
The British Humanist Association Poster Campaign 2014

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