Netflix's The Electric State revolves around the Neurocaster, a technology that promises unbound pleasure to ensnare the ...

Children under eight should not drink slushy ice drinks containing glycerol, researchers have warned after a string of ...

The uniqueness of human consciousness is demonstrated in research proving the human brain stores memories differently than ...

Rather than set a strict definition and exclude everything that falls short, researchers are moving towards a more “cluster-based” model of consciousness, basing the state on a collection of criteria ...

There are at least some markers of joy that appear to be quite widespread across animals. One is vocalizations that resemble ...

The seemingly trivial distinction between mind and brain has profound implications for modern science. The “hard problem of ...

Recent advances in neuroscience reveal promising clues for predicting the recovery of patients with brain injuries. A recent ...

The presence of a pattern called a sleep spindle helps to predict which people will recover from an unresponsive state.

A recent study suggests that some form of conscious experience may be present by the time a baby is born—and perhaps even in ...

Of patients who had both sleep spindles and cognitive motor dissociation, 76% showed evidence of consciousness by the time ...

These considerations matter because new scientific data on free will are on the horizon, mainly because of the proliferation ...

Scientists have found that brain-injury patients with hidden consciousness may show signs of recovery through their sleep ...