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This post is Part I of a series. The field of consciousness studies has come of age. Prior to the 1990s, theories of consciousness were more of a philosophical pursuit than a serious scientific one.

SEATTLE — What happens in your brain when you look at a sunset, listen to your favorite song, or feel pain? Scientists have been arguing for decades about how physical brain processes create our ...

A review of over 100 years of neuroscience research asks if some brain regions are more important than others for consciousness. What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain ...