Back at the turn of the penultimate century, the Spanish biologist Santiago Ramón y Cajal used a new staining technique that allowed scientists to see, for the first time, the individual cells of the ...

"How is it that something as unconscious as the matter of the brain ever gives rise to something as immaterial as an experience?" Russell, a prominent thinker in the fields of consciousness and ...

In the 1990s Australian philosopher David Chalmers framed the challenge of distinguishing between the “easy” problems and the “hard” problem of consciousness. Easy problems involve explaining behavior ...

Philosopher David Chalmers asks why humans have a sense of self, a constantly running movie full of sensation and internal chatter. He offers two ideas about the nature of consciousness. David ...

If you're a fan of unsolved mysteries, then Netflix already has plenty of shows for you, but with Unknown it moves from true crime and history to much larger questions. This is a four-part docuseries, ...

Pacifica Graduate Institute has announced a special pre-conference Cinema & Psyche event as part of Journey Week 2024. In partnership with the Illuminate Film Festival, Pacifica Graduate Institute ...

COMMENTARY: Contemporary Western cultures insist consciousness resides exclusively in our brains, but an abundance of recent scientific research indicates otherwise. Medical teams at six research ...

Since he was a kid Hal Blumenfeld has wondered about the nature of human consciousness. “It’s what makes us human and makes life worthwhile,” said Blumenfeld, now the Mark Loughridge and Michele ...

We live in an extraordinary era, one where science and technology advance at a staggering pace. Discoveries of invisible dimensions, quantum entanglements, and the mysteries of the universe — topics ...