Psychology & Psychiatry
A new theory in physics claims to solve the mystery of consciousness
How do 1.4 kg of brain tissue create thoughts, feelings, mental images, and an inner world?
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Spiritual science: How a new perspective on consciousness could help us understand ourselves
Scientists have long been trying to understand human consciousness—the subjective "stuff" of thoughts and sensations inside our minds. There used to be an assumption that consciousness is produced by our brains, and that ...
Jun 7, 2019
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Neuroscience
Scientists use ultrasound to jump-start a man's brain after coma
A 25-year-old man recovering from a coma has made remarkable progress following a treatment at UCLA to jump-start his brain using ultrasound. The technique uses sonic stimulation to excite the neurons in the thalamus, an ...
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Researchers find clues to how the brain decides when to rest
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers in France has found what they call a "signal" that tells a person when to rest while engaging in work, and then when to resume once rested. The team, as they describe in their paper ...
Neuroscience
Brain imaging study reveals connections critical to human consciousness
In a paper titled, "Multimodal MRI reveals brainstem connections that sustain wakefulness in human consciousness," published in Science Translational Medicine, a group of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and ...
May 1, 2024
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The seat of meta-consciousness in the brain
Studies of lucid dreamers visualize which centers of the brain become active when we become aware of ourselves.
Jul 27, 2012
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What you're seeing right now is the past, so your brain is predicting the present
We feel that we live in the present. When we open our eyes, we perceive the outside world as it is right now. But we are actually living slightly in the past.
Mar 17, 2020
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Face the facts: Neural integration transforms unconscious face detection into conscious face perception
(Medical Xpress)—The apparent ease and immediacy of human perception is deceptive, requiring highly complex neural operations to determine the category of objects in a visual scene. Nevertheless, the human brain is able ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Advanced brain imaging study hints at how DMT psychedelic alters perception of reality
Scientists have gleaned new insights into how psychedelics alter conscious experience via their action on brain activity.
Mar 20, 2023
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Study targets 'fingerprint' of human consciousness
Western researchers have moved a step closer to identifying a 'brain fingerprint' for consciousness—a discovery that will unlock further understanding into why some patients, presumed to be vegetative, are still aware of ...
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