Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...

Consciousness has long resisted neat explanations, but a growing body of research suggests the problem may lie in how we picture the brain’s information processing. Instead of behaving like a tidy ...

What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these questions in more depth about 35 years ago. Researchers have made ...

What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these questions in more depth about 35 years ago. Researchers have made ...

If you ask a neuroscientist what happens to your mind when you die, the usual answer is blunt: your brain shuts down, and with it your thoughts, memories and sense of self. Consciousness, in that view ...