Higher-order theories of consciousness posit that mental states become conscious when re-represented by higher-order mental states in the prefrontal cortex. Here's what that means.

If its AI model proves successful, Mindstate will be able to first design a desired state of consciousness and then output the drug capable of producing it. This model, however, still needs to be ...

Going beyond consciousness’ limits. The takeaway from the first half of Then I Am Myself the World is that IIT might offer the best-fit explanation for consciousness—a view, it’s worth ...

States of Mind: Tracing the Edges of Consciousness tours the curious and perilous foothills of awareness, and occasionally plays with the viewer's own sense of reality.

Open May 6-15, the “Streams of Consciousness” show includes installations in the art galleries of the Visual Arts Center, Cullis Wade Depot and Colvard Student Union. Through variations in tone, ...

In 1998, at the conference of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC), the neuroscientist Christof Koch made a bet with the philosopher David Chalmers: by 2023, science ...

A survey revealed similarities between these two altered states of consciousness. By Rachel Nuwer One person felt a sensation of “slowly floating into the air” as images flashed around ...

As Seth and Bayne explain in their “Theories of Consciousness” paper (which was cited in Part 1): Meta-representations are not merely representations that occur higher or deeper in a ...