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

"One Hand Clapping" draws from neuroscience, evolution, philosophy and a rich tapestry of cultural references to examine how ...

A physicist claims consciousness is a universal field rather than a product of the brain, suggesting it may explain ...

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

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

Our consciousness is a brain-generated neurologic illusion. Our brain creates representations of reality, self, other people, objects, set designs, and landscape, which correspond quite accurately to ...

In a wild new experiment conducted on monkeys, scientists discovered that a tiny, but powerful area of the brain may enable consciousness: the central lateral thalamus. Activation of the central ...

Psychedelic Lightning Head, Gordon Dylan Johnson. Source: GDJ/Pixabay The modern scientific worldview is predominantly grounded in classical Newtonian physics. It considers matter the only reality.

The brain in a jar is a different inquiry than traditional questions about artificial intelligence. The brain in a jar asks whether thinking requires a thinker. The possibility of artificial ...

Take a moment and consider how you define mind relative to consciousness. In reflecting on questions such as: Can something have a mind, but not be conscious? Can something be conscious, but not have ...