This breathtaking clue about the architecture of consciousness supports a Nobel-Prize winner’s theory about how quantum physics works in your brain.

Theorists of consciousness generally focus on sensation – what it's like to, say, experience the color red. Yet what we call the stream of consciousness offers a much richer and more complex blend of ...

The writer discusses a few of the works that influenced his new book, “A World Appears.” ...

It's time to stop bickering, accept what science tells us, acknowledge the widespread occurrence of intentional behavioral flexibility, and pay attention to why it has evolved.

By measuring the magnetic fields of the brain, researchers found that different contemplative practices uniquely change how ...

After changing how we eat and how we trip, the author returns to his garden — and the page — to examine the mystery of ...

People with aphantasia have no mental imagery—and they’re offering brain scientists a window into consciousness ...

Scientists found compounds in asteroid samples that are essential for life on Earth. They could also contain molecules necessary for forming consciousness.

David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford University and the author of eight books, most recently “Livewired.” ...

What is the nature of your reality? What if your consciousness, your subjective reality, does not bring you closer to the objective reality of our world? This is the question that Professor Donald ...

In his new book A World Appears, the journalist explores the mysteries of the human brain — and whether computers could ever ...

Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences ...