A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

Human consciousness is one of the strangest and most stubbornly elusive phenomena in nature. Now, researchers have proposed a ...

What is the best way to map human consciousness? I was recently reading Anil Seth’s excellent book, Being You: A New Science of Consciousness, and I was pleased by the frame he offered. Here, I show ...

The quantum principle of non-locality and entanglement, which describes an inherent interconnectedness, suggests human ...

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...

Evolution often examines animals on an individualistic level, but more modern ideas explore how evolution can impact genetics and cultures and societies. A new paper from two U.K. neuropsychologists ...

A recent OpEd piece reminded me how muddled the concept of human consciousness can be*. It also reminded me that we need an approach that blends the best of both psychology and philosophy. Careful ...

Human consciousness is one of the strangest and most mysterious phenomena in the universe, but one scientist says it could be ...

Two philosophical thought experiments lead us right into a flurry of questions surrounding the human mind. You decide where you stand. Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at CNET. She covered ...

Since he was a kid Hal Blumenfeld has wondered about the nature of human consciousness. “It’s what makes us human and makes life worthwhile,” said Blumenfeld, now the Mark Loughridge and Michele ...

My only complaint—and it’s a small one—about Charles Foster’s Being a Human: Adventures in Forty Thousand Years of Consciousness is the subtitle. Because of it, when I began reading, I assumed that, ...