During the 20th Annual John Collins Harvey lecture, held Feb. 3 by the Georgetown University Medical Center, Dr. Joseph Fins described the case of a patient in a nonresponsive state, who underwent ...

As used in contemporary philosophy and psychology, “consciousness” has several different uses; at least, there are different kinds of consciousness, and theories “of consciousness” have been directed ...

If someone told you that you time travel frequently throughout the day, would you believe them? As part of the 2011 Honors Lecture Series sponsored by Barrett, the Honors College, the New York Times ...

The origin of consciousness has teased the minds of philosophers and scientists for centuries. In the last decade, neuroscientists have begun to piece together its neural underpinnings—that is, how ...

I recently attended the 26th session of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) conference at New York University and recount in this post some prevailing trends. First, the ...

Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences ...

Join Marcus du Sautoy and Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience and Director of the Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex for this year’s Charles ...

MARLBORO - Are people like flies caught in a wheel, thinking they are driving themselves forward when they are in fact being carried by the wheel’s momentum? “Are we just helpless instruments who are ...

This post is in response to Passive Frame Theory: a New Synthesis By Ezequiel Morsella Ph.D. (This posting is an update of four previous postings: Are Animals Conscious, Passive Frame Theory, Lively ...