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Scientists are seeking new ways of measuring consciousness
8-20-2024 |
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Several animal species may possess sentient awareness, but they can't let us know one way or the other.
Did consciousness evolve to benefit society rather than individuals ?
7-13-2024 | 2
There is still much we don't understand about the nature of consciousness, how it first came about and why.
Panpsychism: could everything in the universe be conscious ?
3-26-2024 | 35
One theory suggests that everything in the universe, even the chair you are sitting on, has some level of consciousness.
Consciousness and reality: is there a limit to what science can solve ?
3-19-2024 | 33
Some of the most fundamental questions of existence and consciousness may be beyond the scope of conventional science.
Scientists are battling it out over rival theories of consciousness
9-29-2023 | 1
Consciousness remains a fascinating enigma and the scientific community is unable to agree upon any one theory.
Philosophy meets physics in the quest to understand consciousness
9-27-2023 | 31
The nature of consciousness and whether or not it pervades the entire universe has long remained a topic of debate.
Consciousness may rely on brain cells acting collectively
8-20-2023 | 9
Neurophysiologist Par Halje looks at how research into psychedelics could help us understand consciousness.
Scientists compete to win $100,000 consciousness research prize
5-11-2023 | 8
More than 100 projects have been put forward in a bid to unlock the secrets of consciousness.
Consciousness may persist after death, study suggests
8-1-2022 | 189
Researchers now believe that consciousness may persist for up to 20 seconds after a person has clinically died.
New study links dopamine to consciousness
8-4-2021 | 1
New research has revealed how the 'pleasure chemical' dopamine plays a key role in human consciousness.
Can quantum physics explain consciousness ?
7-25-2021 | 15
Some scientists have speculated that consciousness could be the product of quantum processes.
Is consciousness the 'ghost in the machine' ?
6-5-2021 | 23
For centuries, mankind has struggled to understand the precise nature of human consciousness.
Are we all slaves to unconscious forces ?
5-27-2021 | 34
We all make hundreds of decisions every day, but by how much are these influenced by unconscious factors ?
'Engine of consciousness' found in macaques
2-24-2020 | 2
Scientists have identified an area of the brain that seems to be strongly connected to consciousness.
Could consciousness pervade the universe ?
1-17-2020 | 705
The question of exactly what consciousness is has puzzled philosophers and scientists alike for millennia.
Lab-grown brains could be 'sentient and in pain'
10-28-2019 | 29
Scientists have warned that miniature brains grown in the lab may have become conscious and could be suffering.
Staring into someone's eyes can induce OBEs
9-9-2019 | 27
It turns out that staring into someone's eyes for ten minutes can induce an altered state of consciousness.
Biologists clash over plant consciousness
VIDEO 7-7-2019 | 27
For years, scientists have clashed over whether or not plants possess a form of conscious awareness.
Scientists revive pig brains hours after death
4-18-2019 | 5
A recent experiment has called in to question our understanding of when a person's brain has truly 'died'.
What does a conscious brain look like ?
2-8-2019 | 4
Scientists have been trying to find a way to definitively determine if a brain injured patient is conscious.
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