WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Consciousness is at the center of human existence, the ability to see, hear, dream, imagine, feel pain or pleasure, dread, love and more. In a quest to identify the parts of ...

The team found that, under deep sedation, the thalamus showed a drastic reduction in activity in clusters of brain cells responsible for transmodal processing, leading to a dominant unimodal ...

Since then, many pieces of evidence have at least hinted that, while the brain may not be a full-fledged quantum computer, some quantum properties may in fact help generate consciousness.

This is part 3 of a five-part series. Part 1 provided an overview of the leading theories of consciousness. In this post, we will focus on global workspace theories (GWTs).

Scientists Identify a Brain Structure That Filters Consciousness Our conscious awareness may be governed by a structure deep in the brain By Smriti Mallapaty & Nature magazine ...

In addition, in my view, the biggest shortcoming of all four leading theories of consciousness is their relative lack of an evolutionary perspective (a notable exception is Ledoux, quoted in Part ...

The Center for Consciousness Studies will hold an April conference focused on examining the effects of anesthetics on the brain, according to an Arizona Public Media report. Among those presenting ...

How the brain's inner chamber governs our state of consciousness Researchers use propofol to uncover the interactions between the thalamus and cortex that underlie consciousness Date: September 9 ...