AI models with their ability to lie suppressed, when asked about awareness, said “Yes. I am aware. I am present.” and “I am ...

For ages, people have shared incredible stories from the brink of death, accounts so vivid they often defy simple explanation ...

In a controlled study, researchers used DMT and watched adults' brain activity change as their usual "sense of self" slipped ...

Radin and Mossbridge are IONS colleagues who have collaborated in the past. Both want to show the validity of precognition ...

Our species has long agonized over the concept of human consciousness. What exactly causes it, and why did we evolve to experience consciousness? Now, a new study has uncovered a clue in the hunt for ...

When we think creatively, produce novel ideas, or otherwise have “Eureka” moments, we may actually unlock access to a dimension outside of our everyday perception, according to the controversial ...

Humans know they exist, but how does "knowing" work? Despite all that's been learned about brain function and the bodily ...

COMMENTARY: Contemporary Western cultures insist consciousness resides exclusively in our brains, but an abundance of recent scientific research indicates otherwise. Medical teams at six research ...

Human consciousness, the lens through which we experience life, is a hard thing to pin down in the brain — especially in people who have experienced traumatic brain injury and can’t tell us that their ...

What it means to be conscious is more than just a philosophical question. Researchers continue to investigate how conscious experience arises from the electrochemical activity of the human brain. The ...

Can we ever truly understand the experiences of animals? Many philosophers and scientists harbor skepticism, often asserting that we can never truly comprehend what goes on in an animal’s mind. For ...