Perhaps more importantly, the researchers explained, the wide spread of theories “has even led to accusations of illegitimacy ...

Neuroscience has long worshiped the neocortex—the brain’s hub for sophisticated thought. But consciousness may originate ...

As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent ...

As AI and brain technologies develop at a breathtaking speed, scientists are warning that one of the oldest and most ...

Donald Hoffman’s theory places consciousness as a fundamental force, potentially explaining quantum strangeness and the universe’s apparent fine-tuning for life.

Scientists have landed on two leading theories to explain how consciousness emerges: integrated information theory, or IIT, and global neuronal workspace theory, or GNWT. These frameworks couldn’t be ...

Explaining consciousness is one of the greatest challenges in science and philosophy, right up with the origin of the universe, the existence of dark matter, and whether there is intelligent life on ...

Integrated Information Theory (IIT), which has become quite a hot topic in contemporary neuroscience, claims to provide a precise way to measure consciousness and express the phenomenon in purely ...

UC Santa Cruz History of Consciousness Professor Banu Bargu, an acclaimed scholar of political theory and resistance, has ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." An EU team of neuroscientists asked their peers: “Can’t we all just get along?” They analyzed how five ...