Christof Koch is taking on one of science’s deepest mysteries: how the brain creates conscious experience, or whether it ...

Traditional Chinese medicine sees consciousness as an attribute similar to health or beauty, not as a single brain function.

The more rational the mind, the more sophisticated the consciousness —and, by that logic, we sit triumphantly at the top of ...

Christof Koch is a meritorious investigator at the Allen Institute in Seattle, Washington, and the chief scientist of the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation in Santa Monica, California. Humans and other animals ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Human consciousness took billions ...

So far on this page I’ve argued that human consciousness first began to radically diverge from those of other species when our ancestors started designing and using tools to transform the world, ...

Picture this: You're watching a sunset on the beach during the summer. As the sun sinks down into the ocean, you watch the sky transform into a canvas of warm reds, deep oranges, and pastel violets.

Does consciousness depend on flesh and blood? The answer is almost certainly no, according to Eric Schwitzgebel, a distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. In ...

The controversial idea that consciousness has a quantum origin is facing a new challenge, after a mathematical analysis appears to show that a long-known law of physics makes it impossible. What ...

The science of consciousness has not lived up to expectations. Over the summer, the neuroscientist Christof Koch conceded defeat on his 25-year bet with the philosopher David Chalmers, a lost wager ...