A program to which users attribute human characteristics can manipulate them much more easily.” –Andrzej Porębski, MD ...

Michael Pollan tells Scientific American why the science of consciousness may ultimately be too subject to our own conscious ...

A peer-reviewed paper published in Frontiers in Psychology proposes that consciousness is not simply a byproduct of brain activity but instead acts as a top-down force that shapes neural processes.

Theorists of consciousness generally focus on sensation – what it's like to, say, experience the color red. Yet what we call the stream of consciousness offers a much richer and more complex blend of ...

Researchers propose that the key to identifying consciousness in animals and AI lies in understanding how their information processing systems work.

Thanks to advances in science, we’re now able to move beyond Bohm and Bohr’s theorizing; we can test their hypotheses through ...

David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford University and the author of eight books, most recently “Livewired.” ...

"I'm writing because your work addresses questions I actually face, not just as an academic matter." The post Philosopher ...

A physicist proposes that consciousness is the fundamental basis of reality, with matter and spacetime emerging from it.

Human consciousness once looked like an evolutionary extravagance, a mysterious inner movie with no clear purpose. Now a wave of research is converging on a more grounded answer, suggesting that ...

Ever since we published our very first issue 123 years ago—yes, we’re old—Popular Mechanics has endeavored to help you understand all kinds of technological marvels, from the tools in your shed, to ...

Why does consciousness exist? This question lies at the heart of my book, A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness, in which I argue that consciousness evolved to help animals navigate ...