The progress of science in the last 400 years is mind blowing. Who would have thought we'd be able to trace the history of our universe to its origins 14 billion years ago? Science has increased the ...

Consciousness is a complex phenomenon that involves many dimensions. Source: ShooInau/Pixabay Awareness What are you aware of right now? Is there any noise from the street outside? Maybe the smell of ...

The origins of consciousness have been debated by philosophers for centuries. Each conscious person has a sense of "being me," which invariably gives rise to the question of where that sense ...

This post is in response to Consciousness and Integrated Information Theory By Paul L. Nunez PhD Does consciousness arise exclusively from complex interactions in brain tissue (materialism)? Or does ...

Consciousness is your awareness of your thoughts, memories, feelings, sensations, and environments. It comes in different stages and levels that can change throughout the day. Conscious awareness lets ...

The origin of consciousness has teased the minds of philosophers and scientists for centuries. In the last decade, neuroscientists have begun to piece together its neural underpinnings—that is, how ...

A new theory, published in The Journal of Neuroscience by three scientists at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory ...

You know that feeling when you walk into a room and immediately forget why you came in? Maybe you were there to fetch your keys. On your way to the room, you were thinking about grabbing your keys.

Sitting on the Marine Atlantic ferry, I’m watching the Newfoundland skyline disappear on the horizon as I type away. I see the rocking of the ocean waves, inhale its salty breeze, feel and hear the ...

There are reasons to assume that not only humans but also some non-human species of animal have conscious perception. Which species have consciousness and how the subjective experience of various ...