中文摘要：

自古以来人们就对灵魂问题感兴趣，但是对于灵魂问题的探索经历了漫长的历史过程。从古希腊哲学家的思辨式讨论，到19世纪心理学中的内省式研究，一直到20世纪末的多学科多层次探求，灵魂问题才真正进入现代科学的研究范畴之内。现在意识问题在国际上形成一个前所未有的高潮。举出两个事例来说明意识问题的科学研究进展：灵魂出窍和视觉图象识别。

英文摘要：

It is a long history for study of brain-mind problem. Since the end of last century, a new era has been initiated to investigate consciousness by means of modem science and technology. There are many progresses in scientific study of consciousness. In this paper, two examples of consciousness progresses are represented： out-of-body experience and pattern recognition in visual system.