A new theoretical study argues that many standard beliefs about consciousness are rooted in a misleading concept of how the ...

Consciousness is not simply perceptual information maintained temporarily in working memory, although that does occupy a great deal of conscious experience. It is a collection of systems that work ...

In the waking state, a person's consciousness is continuously filled with sensations, memories, and reflections. However, ...

The study conducted by Dr. Gerard Marx and Prof. Chaim Gilon combines the theories of the Global Neuronal Network (GNW) and the Tripartite Mechanism of Memory to offer new insights into the ...

Unraveling how consciousness arises out of particular configurations of organic matter is a quest that has absorbed scientists and philosophers for ages. Now, with AI systems behaving in strikingly ...

When René Descartes watched a mechanical figure move with lifelike precision in the 17th century, the scene unsettled him.

A recent study published in the journal Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology proposes a new theory of consciousness, suggesting subjective awareness is merely a memory system that records our ...

The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that physical structure may not be where intelligence and consciousness actually ...

Delving into the depths of the human mind, researchers are using advanced forms of brain imaging to uncover hidden memories in comatose patients. These findings not only challenge our previous ...

HBO’s series Westworld, in its premiere season, has explored the nature of consciousness and what defines life through its android theme park. Similar issues have often been explored in science ...

I am tempted to write this review as a progression of first-person sentences, strung together as a single paragraph. Certainly it would be appropriate, not only to Jesse Ball’s idiosyncratic ...