Consciousness is the state of being aware of oneself and the environment. It is associated with wakefulness, responsiveness and arousal. Consciousness is typically measured by verbal reports about ...

In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known ...

Why do we not doubt sensory perceptions as reflections of reality perceived by the brain, while subjective experiences like self-consciousness are considered mysteries or illusions? How the Brain ...

Given the difficulty of the test itself, the researchers believe the one-fourth figure is an underestimate of how many patients were experiencing some level of consciousness. These patients were ...

Our mission at SCCS is to advance the scientific and philosophical understanding of consciousness and to use the insights from this research for the benefit of society, medicine and technology. As ...

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When British TV doctor Michael Mosley died last year in Greece after walking in extreme heat, local police said "heat exhaustion" was a contributing factor.

At Cornell, I’ve come to realize that, by this point in history, to think that anything at all is unprecedented is simply to have not read enough history. There is no question that someone else has ...

Dr. Kalen N. Wright (Emergency Medicine): A 21-year-old man with sickle cell disease was evaluated in the emergency department of this hospital after loss of consciousness resulting in a fall.

New research highlights the profound impact breathing patterns can have on memory formation, either enhancing or impairing it ...