“Consciousness should not be deemed as an ‘all-or-nothing’ cognitive function but rather as a graded and multi-dimensional ...

Scientists are digging into one of evolution’s strangest puzzles — why only certain creatures developed minds that know they ...

The question of consciousness has puzzled scientists for decades, but new research suggests the answer lies not in what consciousness is, but rather in what purpose it serves. According to Professors ...

Scientists are using anesthesia to probe the quantum roots of consciousness—and the research offers tantalizing evidence.

What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers ...

Research has revealed fascinating insights into how consciousness might emerge from quantum processes within the brain. Scientists have identified that microtubules, microscopic hollow tubes found ...

Researchers are edging closer to experiments that claim to supply artificial intelligence with a missing ingredient for ...

The study addresses objections that argue consciousness cannot be captured by computable transformations. Some critics ...

Consciousness has long been the third rail of biology: Touch it — and maybe you don’t die, but you are unlikely to get tenure. It helps, of course, if you are a Nobel laureate, such as Francis Crick ...

People have long pondered what consciousness actually is. Consciousness seems very different from other biological functions—like some sort of nonmaterial essence within our heads. Thoughts and ...