A radical new theory from Professor Maria Strømme suggests that consciousness may not originate in the brain but instead ...
What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers ...
In this Opinion article, we discuss how integrated information theory accounts for several aspects of the relationship between consciousness and the brain. Integrated information theory starts from ...
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 ...
A RECENT GROUNDBREAKING EXPERIMENT in which anesthesia was administered to rats has convinced scientists that tiny structures in the rodents’ brains are responsible for the experience of consciousness ...
Humans know they exist, but how does "knowing" work? Despite all that's been learned about brain function and the bodily ...
Science, with extraordinary achievements in the arena of knowledge and development, is still struggling to define consciousness. Modern scientific theories try to link consciousness to the brain's ...
Brain scans taken as people slip into anaesthesia are offering support for one of the foremost explanations of consciousness. The approach may lead to progress in understanding the brain as well as ...
Philosopher Daniel Dennett died a few days ago, on April 19. When he argued that we overrate consciousness, he demonstrated, paradoxically, how conscious he was, and he made his audience more ...
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