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 ...

Michael Pollan made his name writing important books about food. He wrote the famous ‘Eat food, mostly plants, not too much.’ ...

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 ...

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It's time to stop bickering, accept what science tells us, acknowledge the widespread occurrence of intentional behavioral flexibility, and pay attention to why it has evolved.

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

Book of the Day: For serious readers willing to grapple with its complexity, it offers not definitive answers but a radical reframing of one of humanity’s oldest questions, how did the mind come to ...

After changing how we eat and how we trip, the author returns to his garden — and the page — to examine the mystery of ...

By measuring the magnetic fields of the brain, researchers found that different contemplative practices uniquely change how ...

For centuries, the story of Eden has been told as the story of disobedience. Two innocent beings. One forbidden tree. A ...

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

Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences ...