The leading theories of consciousness suggest that the outer layer of the human brain, called the cortex (in blue in figure 1 ...

A team of researchers suggests that four key brain patterns and behaviors that indicate conscious awareness in adults could ...

New research suggests that consciousness originates in the subcortex, and is polished by the cortex and cerebellum.

For decades, scientists have thought that human consciousness arises from the newest and most sophisticated parts of the brain. But a Cambridge scientist now claims that the fundamental basis of our ...

Recent research reveals that a blank mind may be closer to your brain’s default setting, while thinking and imagining are add-ons.

The aim of Coppola’s study is to test that assertion. The neuroscientist’s research breaks the human brain down to three ...

What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these questions in more depth about 35 years ago. Researchers have made ...

Consciousness is primarily experienced internally, but the phenomenon of out-of-body experiences (OBEs) challenges this assumption. Although scientists have developed biological-based explanations for ...

It doesn't matter what you think about me as a narrator, you can check it. "I think therefor I am" has not held water over the years. The glaring hole in it being that it assumes the conclusion. Click ...

A review of over 100 years of neuroscience research asks if some brain regions are more important than others for consciousness. What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain ...

I guess I have problems with reducing humans to mechanistic explanations because that involves viewing ourselves and other living things as little more than machines. I mean instead of looking at ...