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Are Animals and AI Conscious? Scientists Devise New Theories for How to Test This
Posted in Science on 4th Dec, 2025
by Alexander Muller
As scientists study both animals and artificial intelligences, they’re asking a provocative question: perhaps consciousness isn’t about what something behaves like, but about how its “inner machinery” works, whether it processes information in ways that could support subjective experience.
All Animal Intelligence Was Shaped By Just Five Leaps In Brain Evolution
Posted in Science on 23rd Jul, 2023
by Alex Muller
These five transitions help us make sense of our place among the stunning diversity of animal intelligences.
Psychology in VR
Posted in Medicine, Reviews, Software on 31st May, 2021
by Alex Muller
Virtual reality (VR) offers a unique way to tell stories and explore themes relating to how the mind works, and our inner thinking.
tDCS of the brain shows improved multitasking performance
Posted in Medicine on 17th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller
tDCS can improve multitasking skills and help avoid the drop in performance that comes with information overload.
Neuroscience review reframes 'mind-wandering' and mental illness
Posted in Science on 7th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller
Mind-wandering is not far from creative thinking.