consciousness

by Peter Dizikes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes  The GIST Add as preferred source Transcranial focused ultrasound, a noninvasive brain imaging tool depicted in the illustration, may help researchers gain knowledge about human consciousness. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Consciousness is famously a “hard problem” of science: We don’t […]

  by Estonian Research Council edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes A conceptual framework for scale-integrated hybrid systems. Credit: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106524 Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational functionalism, which treats cognition as something you can fully explain in terms

by Anya Sostek edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin  Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Ricardo Iriart last saw his wife conscious four years ago. Every day since, he has visited Ángeles, often spending hours talking to her in hopes that she could hear him. Over the last year, he’s gotten a new understanding of

by Annica Hulth, Uppsala University edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes Illustration depicting the integration of mind, consciousness, and thought based on the quantum mechanical concepts described in the paper. Credit: AIP Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1063/5.0290984 Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new theoretical

by Peter Coppola, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin  Editors’ notes Credit: CC0 Public Domain What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these questions in more depth about 35 years ago. Researchers have made progress, but the mystery of consciousness remains very

by Eric W. Dolan  June 27, 2025 in Cognitive Science, Neuroimaging [Adobe Stock] Don’t miss out! Follow PsyPost on Bluesky! A new study published in Science has identified the thalamus as a central player in how humans become consciously aware of visual information. By recording electrical activity directly from the brains of five patients during a visual task, scientists discovered