Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deepak Chopra says consciousness is like the mythical Hydra — answer one question and two more spring up. (Photo by Vivien ...

The prevailing consensus in neuroscience is that consciousness is an emergent property of the brain and its metabolism. When the brain dies, the mind and consciousness of the being to whom that brain ...

Have you ever lain awake at 3 AM, staring at the ceiling, wrestling with a thought so profound it makes your brain hurt? These aren't just ordinary ...

Of all the odd notions to emerge from debates over consciousness, the oddest is that it doesn’t exist, at least not in the way we think it does. It is an illusion, like “Santa Claus” or “American ...

The science of consciousness has not lived up to expectations. Over the summer, the neuroscientist Christof Koch conceded defeat on his 25-year bet with the philosopher David Chalmers, a lost wager ...