During the 20th Annual John Collins Harvey lecture, held Feb. 3 by the Georgetown University Medical Center, Dr. Joseph Fins described the case of a patient in a nonresponsive state, who underwent ...

Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences ...

While researching a previous book, a mushroom trip in Michael Pollan’s garden left him curious about the boundaries of consciousness. His latest project A World Appears explores the mystery of human ...

I recently attended the 26th session of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) conference at New York University and recount in this post some prevailing trends. First, the ...

The origin of consciousness has teased the minds of philosophers and scientists for centuries. In the last decade, neuroscientists have begun to piece together its neural underpinnings—that is, how ...

The science of consciousness has not lived up to expectations. Over the summer, the neuroscientist Christof Koch conceded defeat on his 25-year bet with the philosopher David Chalmers, a lost wager ...

Neuroscientist Anil Seth draws on his 20-year career to reveal that the mystery of consciousness need not be beyond science. Consciousness is linked to subjective experience, which isn’t the same as ...

MARLBORO - Are people like flies caught in a wheel, thinking they are driving themselves forward when they are in fact being carried by the wheel’s momentum? “Are we just helpless instruments who are ...

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