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 ...

How do you conceptualize “consciousness” in your work, and what do you think are its greatest misconceptions? A good analogy is the electromagnetic spectrum. Because we only see an extremely ...

Their cognitive function was measured using the Everyday Cognition (ECog-II) Scale and the Mild Behavioral Impairment Checklist (MBI-C), with higher scores indicating greater severity. Those with ...

The weakening of higher education tends to be an important part of this strategy. Academic researchers are supposed to pursue the truth, and budding autocrats recognize that empirical truth can ...

One change would allow universities and colleges to ask the Ohio Department of Higher Education for an exemption to the DEI ban to follow state or federal law, protect accreditation or ensure ...

Without a definition of DEI from the Trump administration, “public institutions as well as private institutions are left to guess,” said Paulette Granberry Russell, president of the National ...

The first third-party gaming handheld to get SteamOS is now up for pre-order, with prices starting at $550. The Legion Go S was a big hit at CES thanks to its new OS option, giving users the ...

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 ...

Each month The A.V. Club does our part to keep you up to date on the best of what’s coming out on Blu-ray and 4K UHD, which is especially important as streaming services become less and less ...

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.