Learn how brain recordings reveal a distinct state in which conscious awareness briefly drops out — even while people remain ...

A new study led by Dr. Jiang Yi from the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the first ...

New work explores why consciousness evolved and what observing birds can teach us about its biological purpose.

Consciousness evolved in stages, starting with basic survival responses like pain and alarm, then expanding into focused awareness and self-reflection. These layers help organisms avoid danger, learn ...

Melinda Fouts, Ph.D., of Success Starts With You, author of Cognitive Enlightenment and awarded Top International Coach 2020 by the IAOTP. What is conscious leadership? Let’s first look at the ...

A new study shows that visual and tactile impressions that are related to our own body are prioritized for reaching conscious awareness. This helps us understand how we develop the feeling that the ...

The coolest and most basic insight that has coalesced in my understanding of human consciousness over the past 18 months is that a fundamental distinction can be drawn between two different streams of ...

Researchers identify a key area in the cortex that appears to be the gate of conscious awareness. During our waking hours, the brain is receiving a near-constant influx of sensory signals of various ...