What changes in the brain when we lose consciousness? One possibility is that the loss of consciousness corresponds to a transition of the brain’s electric activity away from edge-of-chaos criticality...

Octopuses, crabs and lobsters will receive greater welfare protection following an LSE report demonstrating they have capacity to experience pain or distress.

As humans we take great pride in our consciousness, believing it is the kernel of our being. We think our consciousness is “abiding, eternal, and...

The researchers point out that life forms that show minimal consciousness have very different brains. Behavior, not brain anatomy, is the signal to look for.

The mind is a powerful thing – it can generate both symptoms of illness and symptoms of healing. Here’s what this could tell us about consciousness.

The evidence for fungal intelligence is in: they can operate as individuals, make decisions, learn, and have short-term memory

For the first time, researchers were able to observe, in extra-fine detail, how neurons behave as consciousness shuts down.

You probably need this engine running to stay awake.