Humans possess unique self-awareness, experiencing emotions and consciousness that science struggles to fully understand, leading to ongoing debates about its nature, origin, and whether it's an illus ...

Scientists say these are all markers of animal consciousness, a sign that animals, from Labrador retrievers to cuttlefish to ...

In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

and neural markers of perceptual consciousness. While these four markers possibly begin at different times—multisensory integration, for example, shows up last in the lineup—it nonetheless ...

Harris challenges two key assumptions about consciousness: One striking example Harris discusses is locked-in syndrome, a condition in which a person is fully conscious but unable to move or ...

One of the questions Tononi confronts is why lesions of certain brain areas affect consciousness while lesions in other areas have no apparent effect. For example, lesions to the thalamocortical ...