Since ancient times, people have reported seeing the same kinds of figures during altered states of consciousness. A psychologist interested in this phenomenon thinks it could connect to another old ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. AI researcher working with the UN and others to drive social change. What if the next phase of human evolution isn’t a change in ...

The first time I went under the knife, I remember the anesthesiologist asking me to count backward. “Ten, nine, eight…” and then it all went black. The next thing I knew, three hours had passed, yet ...

The controversial idea that quantum effects in the brain can explain consciousness has passed a key test. Experiments show that anaesthetic drugs reduce how long tiny structures found in brain cells ...