If artificial consciousness never emerges, safeguards will look cautious but harmless. If it does, safeguards may be the ...

The science writer delves into the vast subject of consciousness in his new book A World Appears – and draws some surprising conclusions, finds Grace Wade ...

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.

After changing how we eat and how we trip, the author returns to his garden — and the page — to examine the mystery of ...

Theorists of consciousness generally focus on sensation – what it's like to, say, experience the color red. Yet what we call the stream of consciousness offers a much richer and more complex blend of ...

David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford University and the author of eight books, most recently “Livewired.” ...

He's a New York Times best-selling author whose latest book explores the idea of consciousness and humanity. Michael Pollan, author of A World Appears: A Journe ...

The writer discusses a few of the works that influenced his new book, “A World Appears.” ...

A physicist proposes that consciousness is the fundamental basis of reality, with matter and spacetime emerging from it.

In his new book A World Appears, the journalist explores the mysteries of the human brain — and whether computers could ever ...

Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences ...

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