Consciousness remains science’s greatest mystery. A new study explores how it arises—and why solving it could reshape ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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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 ...