Under the influence of psychedelics, many report that plants seem to be alive. Is it wrong to assume we’re the only sentient ...

The entire universe may have an internal mind—or the whole idea of consciousness could be a sham. Here’s why scientists still can’t agree.

The phenomenon of inattentional blindness seems to show you can see without the information crossing into your consciousness.

The biofield, mediated by light known as biophotons, could be the missing piece of the consciousness puzzle.

When patients undergo general anesthesia, doctors can choose among several drugs. Although each of these drugs acts on neurons in different ways, they all lead to the same result: a disruption of the ...

A patient can be fully awake but still meet the clinical definition of traumatic brain injury if they cannot remember the ...

"If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't." — Emerson M. Pugh. In a previous piece, I argued that introspection may ...

Suki Chan and co-editor Michael Ellis of 'Superman' fame discuss her debut feature, their collaboration, artistic inspirations, "transporting" viewers to inner worlds, and the surprising "gifts of ...

An intriguing hypothesis suggests that human consciousness may respond to the Earth's natural electromagnetic pulse.

PBS NC helps your community explore new worlds and ideas through programs that educate, inform and inspire. Your ...

Are we all material—tissues and veins—or is there some nonmaterial substance, some essence, that transcends the corporeal ...

IICn most cases, a CT scan is performed as soon as possible. This imaging test helps doctors look inside the brain for signs of internal bleeding, swelling or skull fractures.