Consciousness evolved in stages, starting with basic survival responses like pain and alarm, then expanding into focused awareness and self-reflection. These layers help organisms avoid danger, learn ...

Consciousness is primarily experienced internally, but the phenomenon of out-of-body experiences (OBEs) challenges this assumption. Although scientists have developed biological-based explanations for ...

Human consciousness once looked like an evolutionary extravagance, a mysterious inner movie with no clear purpose. Now a wave ...

When David Luke committed to studying psychedelics and parapsychology, it felt like double career suicide. Today, elite ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. AI researcher working with the UN and others to drive social change. Feb 07, 2025, 03:28pm EST Humans have been on an elusive ...

An image generated by prompts to Google Gemini. (Courtesy of Joe Nalven) This column was composed in part by incorporating responses from a large-language model, a type of artificial intelligence ...

Source: Ben White| Unsplash Imagine being out on a clear summer day and feeling the warmth of the sun shining on your face. Or imagine the joy of being with a loved one, the thrill of riding a ...

Many theories attempt to explain consciousness, but one that’s gaining traction is the idea of electromagnetic (EM) fields—specifically, ephaptic fields—coordinating consciousness in the brain. A new ...

Researchers have had much to say about psychedelic drug use over the decades. Rick Doblin is a U.S. researcher and founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). The ...

A physicist has proposed a radical new theory of consciousness – and it could finally explain what happens when you die. Consciousness does not emerge from human brains, according to Professor Maria ...

Re “What Is It Like to Be a Computer?,” by Barbara Gail Montero (Opinion guest essay, Nov. 10): Dr. Montero’s essay argues that artificial intelligence may one day become conscious. But I wonder if ...