In Newen and Montemayor’s evolutionary framework, basic arousal developed first. It’s like nature’s security alarm, warning ...

Henry Taylor has previously received funding from the Leverhulme Trust, the Isaac Newton Trust, and the Royal Institute of Philosophy. Because of these issues, academics, both in science and ...

What if consciousness isn't something that exists only in complex brains, like our human brains, but instead is a fundamental process that occurs across all life? Recent research suggests that ...

A team of researchers has outlined a new approach for better understanding the depths of animal consciousness, a method that may yield new insights into the similarities and differences among living ...

Human consciousness once looked like an evolutionary extravagance, a mysterious inner movie with no clear purpose. Now a wave of research is converging on a more grounded answer, suggesting that ...