What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum published two articles on this topic. Subscribe to ...

Conscious experience is central to human life, yet the processes underlying its emergence remain among the most debated questions in behavioral ...

Some research suggests that children must experience consciousness differently—in a less “frontal” way, with much more attentional flexibility and conscious enjoyment. This different type of conscious ...

The biological cycle of our existence seems relatively straightforward: we’re born, we live, we die. The end. But when you examine existence at the cellular level, things get a bit more interesting.

Purposes of pleasure and pain? Our conscious experience makes up our lives, often through positive pleasure: I feel the warm sun on my skin, I hear the singing of birds, I enjoy the moment. Yet we ...

Do trees have minds? A friend posed this question during one of the high school afternoons we habitually spent—no doubt with too much time on our hands—engaging in amateur philosophical banter. It ...

Pär Halje receives funding from The Crafoord Foundation, Royal Physiographic Society of Lund, Magnus Bergvall Foundation, Olle Engkvist Foundation, The Swedish Parkinson Foundation, Petrus and Augusta ...

Loss of consciousness can pose real dangers for people with seizure disorders. And while not all seizures cause loss of consciousness, Yale researchers have now discovered how one common type of ...