The debate over the source of human consciousness has persisted for thousands of years, dating back to Plato and Aristotle. While we have made huge advancements in neuroscience in recent years, our ...

Tim Bayne is affiliated with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). Science is hard. The science of consciousness is particularly hard, beset with philosophical difficulties and a ...

Source: Consciousness Awakening by Ralph Buckley/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 "Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality" -Carl Sagan It appears that we are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Over 100 scientists and philosophers recently decried a leading consciousness ...

Consciousness, the essence of our subjective experiences, remains one of the grandest mysteries of modern science. According to a 2022 paper published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, four dominant ...

I'm a co-director with Liad Mudrik of CIFAR's "Brain, Mind, and Consciousness" program. “Theories are like toothbrushes,” it’s sometimes said. “Everybody has their own and nobody wants to use anybody ...