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

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

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

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

For more than a century, neuroscience has treated consciousness as something the brain manufactures, like a factory turning ...

Consciousness is famously a "hard problem" of science: We don't precisely know how the physical matter in our brains translates into thoughts, sensations, and feelings. But an emerging research tool ...

A measure of brain complexity, derived from magnetic stimulation and EEG, can effectively evaluate conscious processing in ...

Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human ...

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

Josh, now 27, told Newsweek about the horrifying ordeal that began with muscle‑cramp‑like symptoms.

Consciousness has long resisted neat explanations, but a growing body of research suggests the problem may lie in how we picture the brain’s information processing. Instead of behaving like a tidy ...

When I described the satisfactions of my routine to Roshi Joan during one of our hikes, she smiled: “That’s the sacredness of ...