“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake . . . by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep. I know of no more encouraging fact than the ...

David P. Barash is professor of psychology at the University of Washington and tries to be conscious, at least part of the time. CONSCIOUSNESS has long been the third rail of biology: touch it and ...

Zombies are fictitious creatures which look like humans but are not conscious. Philosophers use the zombie idea for discussing the possibility that, in principle, there could be creatures which act ...

The origins of consciousness date back about 540 million years ago, when animal bodies became more complex. Feelings like ...

We all know that time seems to pass at different speeds in different situations. For example, time appears to go slowly when we travel to unfamiliar places. A week in a foreign country seems much ...

As individuals, we feel that we know what consciousness is because we experience it daily. It’s that intimate sense of personal awareness we carry around with us, and the accompanying feeling of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Historians have often looked to industrial capitalism to further our understanding of "time consciousness." This article explores time ...

A new study records for the first time what happens to brain cells when patients go under. Three patients undergoing treatment for epilepsy provided a unique opportunity for researchers led by Patrick ...

It's an impressive roster, and Ferlinghetti belongs in the poets' company. His bracing new collection presents a powerfully orchestrated pastiche of shifts westward, an epic of his most musical and ...