Consciousness arises from specially evolved neural circuits in the brain configured to instantiate it.
Read moreConsciousness and Babies
When does consciousness arise in human babies? Does sentience appear in the womb, at birth or during early childhood?
Read moreBrain Activity During Dying
A new study hints at how consciousness can continue after the heart stops. A burst of brain activity during dying could explain life passing before your eyes.
Read moreUnconscious vs. Subconscious
Psychedelics and Brain Trauma
Can psychedelics restore consciousness after brain trauma?
Researchers explore the potential of psychedelic therapies for people in minimally conscious states.
Read moreBelief Changes with Psychedelics
In a recent study, published on Nov. 1 in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, experts from the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research explored belief changes related to psychedelic experiences.
They found that a single psychedelic experience increased a range of nonphysicalist beliefs as well as beliefs about consciousness, meaning and purpose.
Read morePsychedelics, Consciousness and World Peace
He isn’t convinced, however, that psychedelics hold the key to unlocking world peace and freedom from the impending nuclear and climate-related doom that he explores in his most recent book, “The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.””
Read moreDemystifying the Idea of Consciousness
In “Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious,” neuroscientist Antonio Damasio explores the mystery of consciousness. Keep reading for this book review.
Read moreWhy Do We Try to Change Our Consciusness?
Here is an interview with author Michael Pollan, discussing psychedelics and the human desire to change our consciousness.
Read moreGod, Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness
What does God, quantum mechanics and consciousness have in common?
Theories that try to explain these big metaphysical mysteries fall short, making agnosticism the only sensible stance, this author writes.
What do you think?
Read moreConsciousness and Dreaming
Here’s a look at how to experience consciousness while dreaming.
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