In this Opinion article, we discuss how integrated information theory accounts for several aspects of the relationship between consciousness and the brain. Integrated information theory starts from ...

Disorders of consciousness (DOC) arise from direct perturbations of neural systems that regulate arousal and awareness, and indirectly from disruptions in the connections between these systems ...

The origins of consciousness have been debated by philosophers for centuries. Each conscious person has a sense of "being me," which invariably gives rise to the question of where that sense ...

The conscience of a nation also speaks through its journalists, educators, pastors, and community leaders — those brave enough to tell the truth even when it is unpopular, and who stand above partisan ...

Just before they shut down the federal government this week, opponents of President Obama’s health care law attempted to tweak the thing with a one-year delay of Obamacare, a repeal of the ...