Physicist Michael Pravica has put forth a revolutionary theory suggesting that human consciousness may originate from a ...

Before we can test for AI consciousness, we need to understand how consciousness actually emerges, experts say.

When we think creatively, produce novel ideas, or otherwise have “Eureka” moments, we may actually unlock access to a ...

The post Everything Experts Believed About Consciousness May Be Wrong According To Extensive New Study By Neuroscientist first on TwistedSifter. Consciousness is something that is very difficult to ...

Research has revealed fascinating insights into how consciousness might emerge from quantum processes within the brain. Scientists have identified that microtubules, microscopic hollow tubes found ...

The biological cycle of our existence seems relatively straightforward: we’re born, we live, we die. The end. But when you examine existence at the cellular level, things get a bit more interesting.

People have long pondered what consciousness actually is. Consciousness seems very different from other biological functions—like some sort of nonmaterial essence within our heads. Thoughts and ...

In the interview with author Meghan O’Gieblyn (“The line between human and machine begins to blur,” Ideas, Oct. 10), she makes this observation: “I think the question of what’s conscious and what’s ...