This, in a nutshell, is the heart of the stoned ape theory, or the idea that our impressive cognitive capabilities, like ...

In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t.

Thalamic regions drive conscious perception by syncing with the prefrontal cortex, acting as a gateway to awareness. Using ...

According to three Stanford scientists, lack of human biological material is a “major bottleneck to progress” for medical ...

A map of part of a mouse brain, which is expected to be generalisable to people, could help scientists understand behaviours, ...

As LLMs become more powerful, the question of them being conscious like human beings is cropping up more and more frequently.

If an algorithm can mimic creativity, interact, generate art, and compose music, what does that say about the human soul? Or ...

It may be disturbing to characterize human bodies in such commodifying terms, but the unavoidable reality is that human biological materials are an essential commodity in medicine, and persistent ...