What is the best way to map human consciousness? I was recently reading Anil Seth’s excellent book, Being You: A New Science of Consciousness, and I was pleased by the frame he offered. Here, I show ...

This blog was authored by Mandi E. Quay, M.A., a doctoral student in health service psychology at JMU.* As a student clinician in psychology, I am learning that a large part of my job as a therapist ...

This map of the human brain highlights areas in the prefrontal cortex (green) and the visual cortex (blue) that are thought to be associated with consciousness. The graphs track readings of ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A team of researchers recently found that three parts of the brain are especially relevant to the experience of consciousness. After scanning the ...

In a paper titled, "Multimodal MRI reveals brainstem connections that sustain wakefulness in human consciousness," published today in Science Translational Medicine, a group of researchers at ...

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 ...

An unprecedented brain study has delivered fresh clues about consciousness—suggesting it's more about perception than planning. Two leading theories went head-to-head, but neither emerged victorious.

You know that feeling when you walk into a room and immediately forget why you came in? Maybe you were there to fetch your ...

Researchers believe other species could help explain the mysterious origins of our consciousness. One new paper argues that consciousness evolved in distinct waves from environmental pressures, like a ...

In a paper titled, "Multimodal MRI reveals brainstem connections that sustain wakefulness in human consciousness," published in Science Translational Medicine, a group of researchers at Massachusetts ...

A team of researchers recently found that three parts of the brain are especially relevant to the experience of consciousness. After scanning the brains of subjects, the researchers identified reduced ...