Is consciousness everywhere? In every rock and atom? That is what panpsychists like the philosopher Philip Goff believe. They ...

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

A new theoretical study argues that many standard beliefs about consciousness are rooted in a misleading concept of how the brain functions.

Understanding how the brain creates conscious experience remains one of science’s most difficult challenges. Brain scans and ...

Physicist Michael Pravica has put forth a revolutionary theory suggesting that human consciousness may originate from a higher dimension, potentially enabling it to transcend the physical constraints ...

The origins of consciousness date back about 540 million years ago, when animal bodies became more complex. Feelings like pleasure and pain act as a "common currency" for decision-making, as we see in ...

A pair of recent studies examined why sophisticated levels of consciousness evolved in some animals, but not in others. In the first study, philosophers outlined the ALARM theory that shows how three ...

Yes: Consciousness is totally dependent on the brain and comes out from it. Dynamics of the brain create awareness. The brain is the conscious mind. No: Mind and body are distinctly different; ...

What makes humans conscious? Scientists disagree, strongly, as one group of peacemakers discovered the hard way. By Carl Zimmer Consciousness may be a mystery, but that doesn’t mean that ...

Peter Coppola does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Colin Klein receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Templeton World Charity Foundation. Andrew Barron receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Templeton ...