A growing body of neuroscience research is challenging a basic assumption about how the brain produces awareness. Where conventional theories treat consciousness as a product of neuronal firing alone, ...

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.

About 300,000 years ago, an early human was foraging for food in an expanse of grassland. She spied a cluster of mushrooms poking out of dark soil, picked one of the brown caps, and examined its ...

The phenomenon of inattentional blindness seems to show you can see without the information crossing into your consciousness.

Consciousness is a complex phenomenon that involves many dimensions. Source: ShooInau/Pixabay Awareness What are you aware of right now? Is there any noise from the street outside? Maybe the smell of ...

Consciousness remains unexplained despite advances in neuroscience Quantum theories propose that subatomic processes may influence awareness No single theory has yet unified brain activity with ...

Self-analysis helps regulate future behavior for maximum effectiveness. Ever wonder why some people are more effective than others? Life just seems to be easier for them, right? The answer to this ...

Michael Pollan's view of consciousness hygiene is criticized for reinforcing alienation and failing to address the underlying ...

After recently writing about Singularity in this column, I felt it was time to address the elephant in the room – the difference between Artificial Intelligence and Human Consciousness in the Age of ...

Perhaps no other word has more confusion surrounding it than consciousness. The word is so fraught that many books on the topic will avoid specifying what it means. For example, Michael Gazzaniga’s ...