This is Part 4 of a five-part series on cognition and consciousness. Part 1 explored what we mean by "cognition." In Parts 2 and 3, we examined neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux’s strict definition, which ...

In Newen and Montemayor’s evolutionary framework, basic arousal developed first. It’s like nature’s security alarm, warning ...

On neuroscience’s big stage Nov. 15, MIT Professor Earl K. Miller will propose that thought and consciousness emerge from the fast and flexible organization of the cortex produced by the analog ...

The neuron, the specialized cell type that makes up much of our brain, is at the center of today’s neuroscience. Neuroscientists explain perception, memory, cognition and even consciousness itself as ...

Graziano’s Attention Schema Theory posits the brain uses perception and memory to build consciousness as a simplified model ...

What is intelligence? We can all agree that humans are intelligent and many of us would likely extend that definition to the most mentally adept creatures of the animal kingdom—from dolphins to ...

Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...

Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational functionalism, which treats cognition as something you can fully explain ...

A measure of brain complexity, derived from magnetic stimulation and EEG, can effectively evaluate conscious processing in ...

“Quantum cognition is itself a controversial subject under heavy debates,” goes on Bo Song, research scholar at University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. But this marriage between ...

November 10, 2010 — A new study provides more evidence that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can provide additional insight into the cognitive status of patients with disorders of ...