Two leading theories of consciousness went head-to-head—and the results may change how neuroscientists study one of the ...

Cogito, ergo sum, as the phrase goes in Latin, cemented the way the Western world would continue to define the self for the next 400 years—as a thinking mind, first and foremost. The experiment used a ...

GNWT, by contrast, argues that consciousness occurs when certain information is “broadcast” across a network of brain regions ...

Kahneman said not to expect the results to change anyone's mind, even if they decisively favored one theory over another.