The entire universe may have an internal mind—or the whole idea of consciousness could be a sham. Here’s why scientists still can’t agree.

In his new book, the celebrated author explains why we need ‘consciousness hygiene’ to defend ourselves from AI and ...

The phenomenon of inattentional blindness seems to show you can see without the information crossing into your consciousness.

A peer-reviewed paper published in Frontiers in Psychology proposes that consciousness is not simply a byproduct of brain activity but instead acts as a top-down force that shapes neural processes.

After recently writing about Singularity in this column, I felt it was time to address the elephant in the room – the difference between Artificial Intelligence and Human Consciousness in the Age of ...

A program to which users attribute human characteristics can manipulate them much more easily.” –Andrzej Porębski, MD ...

Under the influence of psychedelics, many report that plants seem to be alive. Is it wrong to assume we’re the only sentient beings?

An intriguing hypothesis suggests that human consciousness may respond to the Earth's natural electromagnetic pulse.

Michael Pollan's view of consciousness hygiene is criticized for reinforcing alienation and failing to address the underlying ...

Despite their elegant descriptions of animal behavior, I am not sanguine about the effort of some scholars to extend consciousness to lower animals like insects. One example of such efforts is found ...

Do trees have minds? A friend posed this question during one of the high school afternoons we habitually spent—no doubt with too much time on our hands—engaging in amateur philosophical banter. It ...