You’re sitting at home, working at your laptop, and all of a sudden you hear the refrigerator shut off. Before you noticed its sudden silence, were you conscious it was on? That sort of question about ...

Consciousness—the subjective awareness of various things such as visual objects, events, thoughts, and emotions—is of interest to many scholars including theologists, philosophers, and psychologists.

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

"Consciousness is under siege," says author Michael Pollan. His new book, A World Appears, explores consciousness on both a ...

Babies blink, cry, and yawn—and a few weeks into their lives, they might smile. But do these movements mean that newborns have conscious experiences of perceiving the world around them? Or are these ...