During the 20th Annual John Collins Harvey lecture, held Feb. 3 by the Georgetown University Medical Center, Dr. Joseph Fins described the case of a patient in a nonresponsive state, who underwent ...

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

If someone told you that you time travel frequently throughout the day, would you believe them? As part of the 2011 Honors Lecture Series sponsored by Barrett, the Honors College, the New York Times ...

The origin of consciousness has teased the minds of philosophers and scientists for centuries. In the last decade, neuroscientists have begun to piece together its neural underpinnings—that is, how ...

Consciousness is the ultimate question of existence. Nothing is more essential than our experience. Yet we have no consensus, and perhaps no clue, about what it actually is. The trouble, in part, is ...

MARLBORO - Are people like flies caught in a wheel, thinking they are driving themselves forward when they are in fact being carried by the wheel’s momentum? “Are we just helpless instruments who are ...

Mind Lab, a non-profit corporation (CEO Jo Sung-taek), will host the "2026 First Half Religious Literacy Lecture Series" at its lecture room in Mugeo-dong, Seoul, from March 11 for 12 weeks. This ...

I recently attended the 26th session of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) conference at New York University and recount in this post some prevailing trends. First, the ...

After decades spent ignoring the whole issue of consciousness, recent years have seen a boom, or at least a boomlet, of scientific interest. So it wasn’t entirely a breakthrough when the July 10 issue ...

This post is in response to Passive Frame Theory: a New Synthesis By Ezequiel Morsella Ph.D. (This posting is an update of four previous postings: Are Animals Conscious, Passive Frame Theory, Lively ...