Watch as scientists explore the idea that consciousness may not be a simple on-or-off state, but something that exists across ...

We define consciousness as embodied subjective awareness, including self awareness. In a recent article published in Interalia (which is not peer reviewed), we argue that one reason for this ...

The study of consciousness has long challenged the scientific community. Historically, researchers have struggled to explain exactly how physical neural activity gives rise to subjective perceptual ...

Why did the experience of consciousness evolve from our underlying brain physiology? Despite being a vibrant area of neuroscience, current research on consciousness is characterised by disagreement ...

Here is the voice-over of this short essay, if you prefer to listen to it: Why does consciousness exist? This question lies at the heart of my book, A Philosophy for the Science of Animal ...

CONSCIOUSNESS is a slippery concept. It isn’t just the stuff in your head. It is the subjective experience of some of that stuff. When you stub your toe, your brain doesn’t merely process information ...

The ‘doorway effect’ suggests that when information is removed from working memory, it immediately seems to leave consciousness.