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

This is Part 4 of a five-part series on cognition and consciousness. Part 1 explored what we mean by "cognition." In Parts 2 and 3, we examined neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux’s strict definition, which ...

On neuroscience’s big stage Nov. 15, MIT Professor Earl K. Miller will propose that thought and consciousness emerge from the fast and flexible organization of the cortex produced by the analog ...

The neuron, the specialized cell type that makes up much of our brain, is at the center of today’s neuroscience. Neuroscientists explain perception, memory, cognition and even consciousness itself as ...

Consciousness has long been treated as philosophy’s most stubborn mystery, yet a growing body of neuroscience is now tying ...

For decades, neuroscientists have focused on neuron firing-tiny "spikes" of voltage-as the way information is transmitted in the brain. These spikes are thought to play a foundational role in ...

Birds possess key neural and behavioral markers suggesting consciousness is more widespread in animals than previously ...