consciousness
Think Your Conscious Brain Directs Your Actions?
Posted in Science on 2nd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
A study claims a startling conclusion: consciousness is just a passive machine running one simple algorithm, serving up whats already been decided, and taking credit for the decision.
Consciousness has less control than believed, according to new theory
Posted in Science on 25th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Consciousness is far less powerful than people believe, serving as a passive conduit rather than exerting control, according to a new theory.
Network theory sheds new light on origins of consciousness
Posted in Science on 18th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Is your awareness of the world and of yourself the result of specific, focused changes in your brain, or does that awareness come from a broad network of neural activity?
Network theory suggests consciousness is global in the brain
Posted in Science on 17th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Researchers have found evidence that awareness or consciousness results from widespread communication across sensory and association areas of the cortex.
Consciousness on-off switch discovered deep in brain
Posted in Medicine on 6th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller
One moment you're conscious, the next you're not. For the first time, researchers have switched off consciousness by electrically stimulating a single brain area.