The True Root of Consciousness Isn't What We Think, a Scientist Says—And It Could Upend Who We Think We Are

Neuroscience has long worshiped the neocortex—the brain’s hub for sophisticated thought. But consciousness may originate ...
Nature

How I wrote a popular science book about consciousness — and why

Neuroscientist Anil Seth draws on his 20-year career to reveal that the mystery of consciousness need not be beyond science. Consciousness is linked to subjective experience, which isn’t the same as ...
The Washington Post

How does the brain give rise to consciousness?

Eliezer J. Sternberg is a neurologist at Yale-New Haven Hospital and the author of “NeuroLogic: The Brain’s Hidden Rationale Behind Our Irrational Behavior.” Three decades after being awarded the ...
Ars Technica

The nature of consciousness, and how to enjoy it while you can

Unraveling how consciousness arises out of particular configurations of organic matter is a quest that has absorbed scientists and philosophers for ages. Now, with AI systems behaving in strikingly ...
Nature

Consciousness: what it is, where it comes from — and whether machines can have it

These are good times to be a thinking, conscious creature, despite events in the world that might make us doubt that. These are even better times to be a creature who thinks about consciousness: the ...