For centuries, the concept of consciousness has intrigued philosophers and scientists alike. Often deemed too abstract for ...

If AI can’t ever be conscious, then companies building it have nothing to answer for. No unsettling questions. No ethics ...

From a renowned Vedic scholar, leader of the Maharishi Foundations, and Harvard-trained neuroscientist: a radical new paradigm for understanding Consciousness and finding enlightenment, peace, and ...

“A theory of consciousness that cannot account for emotions is hardly a theory of consciousness.”—Joseph LeDoux 1 This is Part 4 of a four-part series on What Actually Are Emotions? Antonio Damasio’s ...

An image generated by prompts to Google Gemini. (Courtesy of Joe Nalven) This column was composed in part by incorporating responses from a large-language model, a type of artificial intelligence ...

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She says these memories from the future could mean the notion of time might not be as linear as we imagine. “It’s not hard to ...

“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in ...

Could artificial intelligence (AI) become conscious? What used to be a philosophical “thought experiment” is now a real-world conundrum. AI’s explosive development, especially the Large Language ...

Scientists measure physiological responses to future events before they happen, suggesting gut feelings may be memories from tomorrow.

This is Part 4 of a four-part series on What Actually Are Emotions? “Understanding the cognitive basis of emotional experience is a subset of the problem of understanding the cognitive foundations of ...