Neuroscientists and philosophers have debated this thought experiment for decades as they have tried to understand how the ...

Scientists warn that rapid advances in AI and neurotechnology are outpacing our understanding of consciousness, creating ...

Researchers outline a roadmap for applying transcranial focused ultrasound, a noninvasive technique for stimulating the brain ...

Scientists from Boston University, Queensland University of Technology, and the University of Toronto are advancing a shared idea about how the mind works. They argue that the same brain systems used ...

WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - Consciousness is at the center of human existence, the ability to see, hear, dream, imagine, feel pain or pleasure, dread, love and more. But where precisely does this ...

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts, known as conscious perception. The brain is constantly ...

When I began my master’s program in cognitive science, an electrical engineering professor told us—rather arrogantly—that the soul is nothing but neurons firing. “You’re deluded if you think otherwise ...

New research suggests that the electrical complexity of the brain diminishes in early Alzheimer’s disease, potentially signaling a breakdown in the neural networks that support conscious awareness. By ...

It has been claimed that one of the top unsolvable problems in science is how the brain generates basic conscious experience. We are here talking about the basic conscious experience of any kind, ...

As individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) move from the mild cognitive impairment stage to moderate and severe dementia, ...