Why does consciousness exist? This question lies at the heart of my book, A Philosophy for the Science of Animal ...

We don't precisely know how the physical matter in our brains translates into thoughts, sensations, and feelings. But an ...

Human consciousness, the lens through which we experience life, is a hard thing to pin down in the brain — especially in people who have experienced traumatic brain injury and can’t tell us that their ...

Consciousness research in 2025 has shifted from abstract philosophy to concrete lab results, with competing theories now ...

When your mind goes blank, visual stimuli never reaches awareness. Study mapped the unique brain patterns behind these mental ...

Our species has long agonized over the concept of human consciousness. What exactly causes it, and why did we evolve to experience consciousness? Now, a new study has uncovered a clue in the hunt for ...

Scientists have wondered for some time if a person could experience a state of unconsciousness without entering into a deep sleep. Now a new anecdotal study, published in the journal Epilepsy and ...

A large-scale scientific collaboration has compared two major theories about consciousness. The study, published in Nature, involved researchers from around the world for seven years. The theories in ...

Consciousness -- the internal dialogue that seems to govern one's thoughts and actions -- is far less powerful than people believe, serving as a passive conduit rather than an active force that exerts ...

A new study addresses the question of whether psychedelics might change the attribution of consciousness to a range of living and nonliving things. Psychedelic drugs, like psilocybin, an ingredient ...

When we are unconscious, our brains experience a communication breakdown. Whether you're sleeping, under anesthesia or in a coma, unconsciousness is rooted in how different areas of the brain become ...