Using machine learning to analyze fMRI brain scans of grieving people, researchers shed light on how unconscious suppression occurs.
People use body cues to recognize people, even when the face is obscured, a new study shows.
Researchers believe they have identified specific neurons that are responsible for conscious awareness. Previous studies have implicated both thalamocortical circuits and cortico-cortico circuits in consciousness. The new study reports these networks intersect via L5p neurons. Directly activating L5p neurons made mice react to weaker sensory stimuli. The researchers say if consciousness requires L5p neurons, all brain activity without them must be unconscious.
Researchers report becoming consciously aware of a decision conforms to the same mechanism the brain goes through to complete a simple decision.
Giving up the theory that consciousness is like a "ghost in the machine" to focus on the neurobiology of brain mechanisms behind conscious awareness is an essential step to better understand the human mind, researchers argue.
Study reveals how psychedelic drug-induced changes in subjective awareness are rooted in specific neurotransmitter systems.
The common myth that Anne Boleyn tried to speak after her untimely demise at the hands of her executioner may have scientific evidence behind it. Researchers explore how consciousness may remain intact for a period of time after death, and what that may mean for medical sciences.
The anterior insular cortex appears to be a gate to conscious awareness, researchers conclude.
People with insomnia have greater brain activity in regions associated with conscious awareness during NREM sleep, researchers report.
A new study reveals we are consciously aware of and automatically attend to our own face, even when we are not aware of it.
