Although autonomous vehicles have become a reality in several cities across the US, not everyone knows what the different levels of vehicle autonomy mean ...

A new study explores out-of-body experiences and challenges what we know about consciousness. Could your mind exist beyond your brain? Scientists weigh in.

While most research on how consciousness is created has focused on the cerebral cortex, new research suggests the thalamus plays a pivotal role.

Decreases in carbon dioxide levels correlated with deeper altered states of consciousness, measured both through real-time hand signal ratings and post-session questionnaires.

Scientists have proposed that human consciousness may actually alter reality around us, but there's a lot speculation about how.

Twenty years ago this month, the nation was gripped by the fate of 41-year-old Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman whose feeding tube was being removed. Schiavo had suffered cardiac arrest at the age of 26 ...

Neuroscientist Christof Koch’s new book discusses how information integration in the brain leads to consciousness and whether AI will ever be self-aware.

A dream team of European neuroscientists is advancing toward a unified theory of consciousness, potentially unlocking the mysteries of the mind.

Neurocientists suggest consolidating consciousness theories into a general framework could help unravel one of the brain’s greatest mysteries.