Dreams may become a new space for exploring consciousness and self-awareness, says neurotechnology entrepreneur Wesley Berry.

"Fast asleep? It is no matter; Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber: Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies, Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep'st so sound." —William ...

The more rational the mind, the more sophisticated the consciousness —and, by that logic, we sit triumphantly at the top of ...

A new study led by Dr. Jiang Yi from the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the first clear evidence that visual awareness acts as a "conductor" that refines the ...

Most of these paragraphs, you may read out of order. This subject tends to make speakers sound smart. Yet, my exposé is down-to-earth or simple. Theologians, physicists, and philosophers will hate it.

Scientists can't quite agree what constitutes consciousness, nor are they sure why it ever came to be, though they have ...

Artificial intelligence has made simulation theory easier to imagine. A computer can now produce a recognizable face that ...

Where in your brain do you exist? Is your awareness of the world around you and of yourself as an individual the result of specific, focused changes in your brain, or does that awareness come from a ...

Everyone knows what it feels like to have consciousness: it’s that self-evident sense of personal awareness, which gives us a feeling of ownership and control over the thoughts, emotions and ...