Scientists say these are all markers of animal consciousness, a sign that animals, from Labrador retrievers to cuttlefish to ...

"They intuit that the mind, consciousness included, is really separate from the physical," Berent says. In the other thought experiment, Mary is a neuroscientist who knows everything about color ...

A new study investigates if everyone perceives colors the same way. University of Tokyo and Monash University researchers are ...

The nature of thought remains one of philosophy's greatest mysteries, with deep implications for neuroscience and artificial intelligence.

Or, more specifically, the thing that makes you you: consciousness. The question of, “What is consciousness?” is no longer exclusively the realm of ancient philosophers and dorm-room debaters.

The debate over the source of human consciousness has persisted for thousands of years, dating back to Plato and Aristotle. While we have made huge advancements in neuroscience in recent years, our ...

Chinese and French scientists have developed an extremely detailed blueprint of the crab-eating macaque’s claustrum, an elusive brain region believed to play a role in consciousness. The ...

Studying our dreams could be a key window into learning more about consciousness, the authors conclude, since it would avoid a lot of the external variables that muck up other consciousness ...