WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are tracking a rise in injuries tied to the misuse of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, including some brands that are sold in small canisters containing flavors ...

A team from Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian discovered signs of hidden consciousness can be detected using electroencephalography (EEG) scans by running tests at a more unusual time: at ...

Brain circuits that are fundamental for consciousness are also key to how we sleep, the Columbia team explained. Moreover, scientists said comatose patients with this type of 'hidden consciousness' ...

Brain circuits that are fundamental for consciousness are also key to how we sleep, the Columbia team explained. Moreover, scientists said comatose patients with this type of hidden consciousness ...

Claassen decided to focus on sleep, as brain circuits that are fundamental for consciousness, including cognitive motor dissociation, are also critical to control sleep. I'm always thinking about ...

Several studies in the past decade have revealed that up to a quarter of unresponsive patients with recent brain injuries may possess a degree of consciousness that's normally hidden from their ...

Several studies in the past decade have revealed that up to a quarter of unresponsive patients with recent brain injuries may possess a degree of consciousness that’s normally hidden from their ...

Take a moment and consider how you define mind relative to consciousness. In reflecting on questions such as: Can something have a mind, but not be conscious? Can something be conscious ...

For as long as we've been able to think, we have wrestled with the nature of consciousness, an experience so deeply personal that we can never truly verify its existence in another being.