Ian Sample speaks to author and journalist Michael Pollan about his new book A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness ...

The question of where human consciousness originates has been mulled over by philosophers, spiritualists and artists for thousands of years. Now neuroscientists think they have moved closer to an ...

A professor of neuroscience at the University of Surrey claims to have solved the long-standing mystery of what creates human consciousness. According to Dr Johnjoe McFadden, the electromagnetic field ...

The film-maker and co-founder of virtual-reality storytelling app Vrse predicts a big future for the medium, but admits he has more questions than answers “It’s weird: you do a TED talk on something, ...

Our brains are programmed to make the most of chaos, just like the universe is, according to a team of scientists. Despite the subject being debated for centuries, experts are still unclear what ...

Near-death experiences, or NDEs, have become a prominent way to study consciousness in the past 50 years. A new literature ...

The brain remains a baffling subject, with scientists having more knowledge of the universe than they do the human brain. Consciousness, the ability to perceive and be aware of our surroundings, in ...

A recent OpEd piece reminded me how muddled the concept of human consciousness can be*. It also reminded me that we need an approach that blends the best of both psychology and philosophy. Careful ...

While we may enjoy the company of companion animals or a fleeting encounter with wildlife, many people believe humans have a superior consciousness of the world we live in. Every now and then, though, ...

The cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett believes our brains are machines, made of billions of tiny "robots" - our neurons, or brain cells. Is the human mind really that special? In an infamous memo ...