A growing body of research is converging on specific brain regions and networks that appear to generate conscious experience, from dreaming to waking awareness. Multiple independent lines of evidence ...

Why does psi research provoke such strong reactions? Controversial scientific questions can trigger fear, ridicule, and ...

The neuroscience is pretty uncomfortable. People in positions of power show reduced activity in mirror neuron systems, the ...

It sounds like an oxymoron, but we could find the origin of consciousness in our brains using the brains of those who are unconscious.

Michael Pollan tells Scientific American why the science of consciousness may ultimately be too subject to our own conscious ...

Could the mysteries of cognition be revealed in the interactions between minds, not just the operation of the brain in isolation? This is the question behind two recent studies by Guillaume Dumas, a ...

New 3D reconstructions of a key sensory organ in ctenophores reveal an unexpected structural and functional complexity. The ...

A new study reveals that your heart rate slows down more when you make a visual mistake than when you see things correctly. This suggests our bodies physically react to perceptual errors in real-time.

It's time to stop bickering, accept what science tells us, acknowledge the widespread occurrence of intentional behavioral flexibility, and pay attention to why it has evolved.

By measuring the magnetic fields of the brain, researchers found that different contemplative practices uniquely change how ...

New research warns scientists may be mistaking attention and calm for pure-awareness in the race to map consciousness itself.

People with aphantasia have no mental imagery—and they’re offering brain scientists a window into consciousness ...