New research suggests that consciousness originates in the subcortex, and is polished by the cortex and cerebellum.

The prevailing consensus in neuroscience is that consciousness is an emergent property of the brain and its metabolism. When the brain dies, the mind and consciousness of the being to whom that brain ...

Consciousness is primarily experienced internally, but the phenomenon of out-of-body experiences (OBEs) challenges this assumption. Although scientists have developed biological-based explanations for ...

New research suggests that the most ancient evolutionary parts of the brain could be contributing to consciousness.

The aim of Coppola’s study is to test that assertion. The neuroscientist’s research breaks the human brain down to three ...

In the 10 minutes before the official start of class, Professor Anne Harrington somehow managed to cover descriptions of ...

Deepak Chopra explains how artificial intelligence should be viewed as "augmented intelligence" that expands human awareness ...

Many people, including scientists and philosophers, assume that self-consciousness originates solely in the brain. This is not merely a philosophical question; modern biotech companies are exploring ...

Up to now, humans have only been able to observe four dimensions in the universe – height, length, width and time. But beyond these dimensions, collectively known as 'spacetime', there may be more ...