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

Consciousness has long been treated as philosophy’s most stubborn mystery, yet a growing body of neuroscience is now tying our inner life to specific, testable brain mechanisms. A leading MIT ...

HOW WOULD YOU REACT TO THE THOUGHT that the very chair you’re sitting in is made up of tiny particles that harness some type of rudimentary experience? Actually, how would you feel if we told you that ...

Most people wouldn’t bat an eyelid if notable psychologists (e.g., Kahneman, author of Thinking Fast and Slow) or economists (e.g., Thaler and Sunstein, authors of Nudge: Improving Decisions about ...

Consciousness may actually pause while you’re awake. The brain patterns during mind blanking resemble markers seen in deep sleep or anesthesia (disrupted connectivity, impaired sensory processing) but ...

In the teachings of Himalayas, as guided by Himalayan Siddhaa Akshar, Bhramari Pranayama is presented as a complete, ...

The subconscious mind is a powerful force that influences our thoughts, behaviors and actions. It stores our beliefs, memories, and experiences, shaping our perceptions and decision-making processes.

The only reasonable stance on conscious AI is “agnosticism”: that we won’t, and may never, be able to tell, says a philosophy-of-consciousness expert. This gulf in our knowledge could be exploited by ...

Consciousness is a brain-generated neurologic illusion. The brain creates representations of reality, self, other people, objects, set designs, and landscape, which correspond quite accurately to ...