The unconscious brain appears to be far more capable than scientists once believed. Researchers found that patients under ...

(Katlowitz et al., Nature, 2026, color adjusted) Our brains might be more alert when unconscious than we realized. A new ...

New research and theories suggest the brain may remain active near death, shaping visions, memories, and possibly our sense ...

Surprising brain activity after death suggests consciousness may linger longer than we thought—raising profound medical and ...

Summary: Patients surviving severe traumatic brain injuries often enter states designated as Prolonged Disorders of ...

From precognition experiments to retrocausal consciousness, these theories question whether the brain is bound by time’s ...

A new approach for identifying signs of hidden awareness in people who cannot speak or move after severe brain injury has ...

As a neuroscientist, I’m encouraged that this could be a window into how your brain generates consciousness through your ...

An emerging notion that astrocytes directly participate in behavior, cognition, and brain computation by actively shaping ...

What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these questions in more depth about 35 years ago. Researchers have made ...

Researchers from the University of Liège and international collaborators developed a "virtual clinical trial" exploring a unique pharmacological treatment in patients who do not fully regain ...

Loss of consciousness can pose real dangers for people with seizure disorders. And while not all seizures cause loss of consciousness, Yale researchers have now discovered how one common type of ...