What if your conscious experiences were not just the chatter of neurons, but were connected to the hum of the universe? In a ...

Human consciousness once looked like an evolutionary extravagance, a mysterious inner movie with no clear purpose. Now a wave ...

Summary: Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum explore why consciousness evolved and why different species developed it in distinct ways. By comparing humans with birds, they show that complex ...

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 ...

The brain’s sense of “this is my body” is tightly bound to conscious awareness – far more than many theories assume.

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

Many patients thought to be in vegetative or minimally conscious states may be capable of thought, researchers reported. By Carl Zimmer When people suffer severe brain damage — as a result of car ...

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

How we think about consciousness awareness is key to how we understand psychological process and psychological well-being. I’ve encountered a number of articles lately that put forward explanations of ...