Neuroscientists publish the results of a study that was designed to determine which theory of human consciousness came ...

“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in ...

An experiment seven years in the making has uncovered new insights into the nature of consciousness and challenges two ...

Direct brain recordings reveal that the thalamus, especially its intralaminar and medial nuclei, actively shapes conscious ...

GNWT, championed by French cognitive neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene, argues that consciousness emerges when information ...

A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain ...

An experiment seven years in the making has uncovered new insights into the nature of consciousness and challenges two ...

What makes humans conscious? Scientists disagree, strongly, as one group of peacemakers discovered the hard way.

Chinese and French scientists have created a comprehensive blueprint of the crab-eating macaque's claustrum, advancing ...

The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that ...

Lucid dreaming, where people become aware they are dreaming, has long fascinated both scientists and dreamers.

Scientists have mapped the brain's electrical activity during lucid dreaming, offering unprecedented insights into this ...