Perhaps no other word has more confusion surrounding it than consciousness. The word is so fraught that many books on the topic will avoid specifying what it means. For example, Michael Gazzaniga’s ...

Take a moment and consider how you define mind relative to consciousness. In reflecting on questions such as: Can something have a mind, but not be conscious? Can something be conscious, but not have ...

For decades, scientists have asked whether language simply reports conscious thought or helps shape it. New insights from researchers at the University of Liège suggest the answer sits somewhere in ...

Consciousness is arguably the most important scientific topic there is. Without consciousness, there would after all be no science. But while we all know what it is like to be conscious—meaning that ...

Consciousness is arguably the most important scientific topic there is. Without consciousness, there would, after all, be no science. But while we all know what it is like to be conscious — meaning ...

My name is Forrest. And I have lived in Western North Carolina for a decade now. My personal journey on the path of conscious living began in 2013 on an inspiring trip to Maui, Hawaii. On that ...

Babies blink, cry, and yawn—and a few weeks into their lives, they might smile. But do these movements mean that newborns have conscious experiences of perceiving the world around them? Or are these ...