Are insects like honey bees conscious? How about AI systems like ChatGPT? Researchers have devised new ways to investigate.

You might think a honey bee foraging in your garden and a browser window running ChatGPT have nothing in common. But recent ...

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 ...

It used to be thought that without the cerebral cortex, consciousness could not exist. New research, however, has found that humans and animals missing part or all of their cortices are still capable ...

You’re hurtling down the highway, not a car in sight. Suddenly, a large semi-truck appears out of nowhere. You’re aware of the fact that you won’t have enough time to hit the brakes, so you take ...

Ask a chatbot if it’s conscious, and it will likely say no—unless it’s Anthropic’s Claude 4. “I find myself genuinely uncertain about this,” it replied in a recent conversation. “When I process ...

A machine-learning algorithm spotted signs of “covert consciousness” in coma patients—in some cases, days before doctors could do so “We were trying to find a way to quantify how conscious these ...

You know the stories: a flash of light, a tunnel, maybe even a mysterious voice telling you it’s not your time. Near-death experiences have fascinated people for ...