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Integrated Information Theory vs Global Workspace: What Was Settled
In 2025 the two leading theories of consciousness faced a preregistered head-to-head test, and both lost something. Here is what it settled,…
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What Is the Hard Problem of Consciousness? A Plain Guide
Why does brain activity come with felt experience? A plain guide to the hard problem, the thought experiments, the rival answers and…
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What Anesthesia Does to the Brain and What It Tells Us
General anesthesia does not simply switch the brain off. It changes its rhythms, and how it does so tells researchers a lot…
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What Is Consciousness? The Main Scientific Theories Compared
No theory of consciousness is agreed. Here are the leading scientific contenders, how they differ, and what a 2025 head-to-head test found.
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Split-Brain Patients: What They Reveal About the Mind
Cutting the corpus callosum produced strange results and a lasting debate: does the brain hold one mind or two? The classic studies…