Donald Hoffman’s interface theory claims space-time may be more like a VR dashboard than reality itself—and some physics may ...

In this post, the last of a five-part series, we will acquire an understanding of various theories that emphasize the importance of top-down signaling in shaping and enabling conscious perception.

Although humans' visual perception of the world appears complete, our eyes contain a visual blind spot where the optic nerve connects to the retina. Scientists are still uncertain whether the brain ...

When I was an undergrad I took a course on feminism that was interesting and challenging, but one of the things I remember most from it was only peripherally related to feminism per se. In one part of ...

Consciousness is the ultimate question of existence. Nothing is more essential than our experience. Yet we have no consensus, and perhaps no clue, about what it actually is. The trouble, in part, is ...

Researchers in the US have finally completed the missing mathematical pieces of theoretical physicist ...

How consciousness emerges in the brain is the ultimate mystery. Scientists generally agree that consciousness relies on multiple brain regions working in tandem. But the areas and neural connections ...

This graphic is part of a special report on consciousness. Read the full feature here. Theorists have proposed many explanations for consciousness. They are startlingly diverse, with different goals, ...