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States Of Consciousness
A new framework suggests that bursts of neural chaos could be the fingerprints of a conscious mind at work.
"Ordinary dreams are, perhaps, the clearest articulation of what it is like to be."
Philosophers once prophesied that evolution would lead to minds far greater — and stranger — than our own.
"We do not experience primarily because we have brains; we experience because we are alive."
The controversial theory about magic mushrooms and human evolution gets a much-needed update.
Neuroscientist Christof Koch on human minds, AI, and bacteria.
Many still consider hypnosis more of a cheap magician’s trick than legitimate clinical medicine.
If the "self" is not real, then we are slaves to a billiard ball universe, trapped in a nihilistic nightmare in which we cannot change our fate.
John Templeton Foundation
Only about 10% of patients survive cardiac arrest. Of the ones who do, many have amazing stories to tell.
There were many similarities, but also some profound differences.
A new study provides the most detailed look at brains on psychedelics to date.
What creates our private, inner universes is still a mystery.
A toxicological study shows that the victims of human sacrifice consumed coca leaves and ayahuasca before they were killed, but not for reasons we originally thought.