Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...

The researchers found 68 articles that analyzed theoretical aspects of consciousness and that were published between 2007 and ...

Consciousness could be a fundamental part of reality, like gravity or matter, according to this controversial theory.

In Newen and Montemayor’s evolutionary framework, basic arousal developed first. It’s like nature’s security alarm, warning ...

Is consciousness everywhere? In every rock and atom? That is what panpsychists like the philosopher Philip Goff believe. They ...

A rare form of epilepsy can trigger intense, transcendent states of consciousness just before seizures, offering scientists ...

But many scientists still believe that the scientific keys to the kingdom of consciousness are within reach. Lately, some are ...

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

Consciousness remains one of the most unresolved questions in science. Some researchers argue it emerges naturally from ...

The original version ofthis storyappeared in Quanta Magazine. Science routinely puts forward theories, then batters them with data till only one is left standing. In the fledgling science of ...

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