A Yale-led study shows that the senses stimulate a region of the brain that controls consciousness—a finding that might inform treatment for disorders related to attention, arousal, and more. Humans ...

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Deep ecology is based on a worldview of deep interconnection of all beings. Deep ecology views humans as part of the web of life. Web of Life In this view, humans may be thought of as the ...

How consciousness emerges in the brain is the ultimate mystery. Scientists generally agree that consciousness relies on multiple brain regions working in tandem. But the areas and neural connections ...

When people talk about consciousness, or the mind, it’s always a bit nebulous. Whether we create consciousness in our brains as a function of our neurons firing, or consciousness exists independently ...

For a conscious creature, there is something that it is like to be that creature. There is something it is like to be me, something it is like to be you, and probably something it is like to be a ...

Author Michael Pollan has tackled plants, food and psychedelics in bestselling books including The Omnivore’s Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind. Now, he has taken on the thorny problem of ...

The inmost region, the subcortex, holds more foundational responsibilities than the upstart upstairs: maintaining arousal, processing emotions, regulating the body and relaying sensory information.