New research on brainwaves in the thalamus shows patterns distinctly linked to conscious states.

A staggering amount of brain activity takes place in this arena, where “countless signals come together to form a unified ...

Feeling what it’s actually like to be alive in that moment, watching the sunset, is the essence of consciousness —otherwise known as the state of being awake, aware of your surroundings, and able to ...

Does consciousness depend on flesh and blood? The answer is almost certainly no, according to Eric Schwitzgebel, a ...

Turns out we’re not all watching the same version of the world unfold, just continuously updating our own personal ...

Over 100 scientists and philosophers recently decried a leading consciousness theory as pseudoscience in an open letter, sparking a debate about the challenges of probing such a profound enigma.

Consciousness is usually defined by neuroscientists as the ability to have subjective experience, such as the experience of tasting an apple or of seeing the redness of its skin. The leading theories ...

What do the strange pain-relieving and healing that can take place under hypnosis tell us about consciousness? Perhaps ...

Neuropsychology researchers at LMU have discovered a rhythm in the midbrain that could serve as a bio-physiological signature for specific states of consciousness. The thalamus is a deep-lying ...

Leadership is moving away from top-down control toward an ecosystemic consciousness that centers on shared responsibility, ...