As part of my analysis, I looked at studies showing what happens to consciousness when brain activity is changed, for example, by applying electrical currents or magnetic pulses to brain regions.

"Fast asleep? It is no matter; Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber: Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies, Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep'st so sound." —William ...

The phrase “regaining consciousness” usually means recovering from unconscious states such as sleep and anesthesia. But I use it to mean rescuing consciousness from intellectual mistakes that impede ...

For example, why does banging our funny bone hurt? Why do our bodies not simply register the bodily damage? Some scientists and philosophers think that we may never be able to answer the hard problem ...

Brain scans taken as people slip into anaesthesia are offering support for one of the foremost explanations of consciousness. The approach may lead to progress in understanding the brain as well as ...

TWO weeks before the pandemic lockdown in March 2020, I flew to Tucson, Arizona, and knocked on the door of a suburban ranch-style house. I was there to visit Stuart Hameroff, anaesthesiologist and co ...

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