One of evolution’s greatest tricks is developing a brain that can enter a multitude of specialized consciousness states. You ...

Researchers at LMU have found a new type of electrical rhythm in the central thalamus that allows them to closely track ...

And it gets even trippier.

A few years ago, I climbed over a gate and found myself gazing down at a valley. After I'd been walking for a few minutes, looking at the fields and the sky, there was a shift in my perception.

Neuropsychology researchers at LMU have discovered a rhythm in the midbrain that could serve as a bio-physiological signature for specific states of consciousness. The thalamus is a deep-lying ...

Feeling what it’s actually like to be alive in that moment, watching the sunset, is the essence of consciousness —otherwise known as the state of being awake, aware of your surroundings, and able to ...

Meditation is known for bringing practitioners a sense of peace, but it can also expose your repressed inner self, causing a destabilizing feeling. Meditation changes the way your brain filters ...

Scientists warn that rapid advances in AI and neurotechnology are outpacing our understanding of consciousness, creating serious ethical risks. New research argues that developing scientific tests for ...

Anyone who has spent time with young children knows they have a way of saying things that make you pause and reconsider what you thought you understood. Many report non-ordinary experiences—moments of ...

In India during the 1840s, a Scottish doctor named James Esdaile was frequently visited by men suffering from enormous tumours in the scrotum, caused by mosquito bites. The operation to remove the ...