Beyond spirited dinner party debate, establishing which creatures have consciousness matters in terms of animal welfare and ...

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

This month is the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test, which Alan Turing introduced to the world in his paper, “Computing ...

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 ...

The measurement problem in quantum mechanics looks at how an experimental outcome changes, simply by observing it.

When we fight reality, we keep ourselves stuck. Learning to accept what we resist is the first step toward freedom.

We live in a time and reality where what we accept as ‘real’ is entirely governed by what we can perceive with our five senses. Everything that falls out of that "range" is considered "nonexistent" ...

Effective ways to break bad habits include identifying and avoiding triggers to unwanted habits, and making unwanted ...

Researchers calculated that the human brain processes thought at a speed of ten bits per second. Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images The human brain is a biological marvel, stuffed with some 86 ...

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