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

We conclude that brain states are shaped by local circuit mechanisms, large-scale connectivity and neuromodulation. A unified multiscale theory of cortical dynamics is relevant not only for ...

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

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

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 ...

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

A radical new theory begins with a central claim: consciousness is the fundamental field of reality; time, space, and matter ...

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

Brain organoids are revolutionising research, but their growing complexity raises unsettling ethical questions.

Ricardo Iriart last saw his wife conscious four years ago. Every day since, he has visited Ángeles, often spending hours ...

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...