What if staying alive depends on minimizing surprise? The Free Energy Principle suggests that feeling itself may be what that process is like from the inside.

A recent study suggests that memories aren’t just stored in the brain, raising important questions about cognition.

Researchers identify the fusiform imagery node as the brain's "imagination hub," explaining why strokes can cause the loss of visual mental imagery.

The science writer delves into the vast subject of consciousness in his new book A World Appears – and draws some surprising conclusions, finds Grace Wade ...

Theorists of consciousness generally focus on sensation – what it's like to, say, experience the color red. Yet what we call the stream of consciousness offers a much richer and more complex blend of ...

Thanks to advances in science, we’re now able to move beyond Bohm and Bohr’s theorizing; we can test their hypotheses through ...

David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford University and the author of eight books, most recently “Livewired.” ...

Dr. Marcus Coplin, a naturopathic medical doctor and the medical director of The Springs Resort in Colorado and Murrieta Hot Springs Resort in California, has released a new white paper titled Future ...

New theory suggests consciousness may arise from a hidden brain wave, challenging long-held beliefs about neurons and awareness.

The writer discusses a few of the works that influenced his new book, “A World Appears.” ...

People with aphantasia have no mental imagery—and they’re offering brain scientists a window into consciousness ...

In his new book 'A World Appears,' journalist Michael Pollan explores the mysteries of the human brain — and whether computers could ever catch up.