In ‘Natural Intelligence and the Logic of Consciousness’ (Pantheon, Sept.), the neuroscientist argues that primitive bodily ...

Neuroscientist Christof Koch argues consciousness may be a fundamental feature of reality, reshaping how we understand the ...

We like to think of ourselves as highly evolved and rational beings who think, feel, and act in ways that are intentional and reasonable. We hold this perception because it enables us to believe that ...

In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may be conscious.

“Conscious experience is at once the most familiar thing in the world and the most mysterious. There is nothing we know about more directly than consciousness, but it is far from clear how to ...

Regarding Stephen Hawley Martin’s op-ed “Is AI Conscious? It Depends What Consciousness Is” (March 26): When a computer chess program trounces a grandmaster, the loser has an unpleasant conscious ...

Rats laugh, bees roll balls for fun, turtles dance when they anticipate feeding, and dogs wiggle their tails when they’re excited. Research into animal emotions and experience has been on the rise ...

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When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Jim Holt FEELING & KNOWING Making Minds Conscious By Antonio Damasio We all know what it means to ...

We install water features so we can listen to cascading fountains inside our homes. And if we don’t have the real thing, we ...