In Newen and Montemayor’s evolutionary framework, basic arousal developed first. It’s like nature’s security alarm, warning ...

A pair of recent studies examined why sophisticated levels of consciousness evolved in some animals, but not in others. In the first study, philosophers outlined the ALARM theory that shows how three ...

To understand the nature of consciousness, it is necessary to forego the notion that we are either conscious or unconscious. Some consciousness "stuff" does not suddenly get added to our other brain ...

Evolution often examines animals on an individualistic level, but more modern ideas explore how evolution can impact genetics and cultures and societies. A new paper from two U.K. neuropsychologists ...

Tantalizing clues in 4-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu samples could reveal particular molecular formations that some ...

Associate Breaking News Editor and Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast What’s happening in our brains to create consciousness? In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we hear from ...

For cardiac arrest patients who subsequently undergo PCI, their degree of consciousness before the procedure is a strong predictor of in-hospital outcomes, according to observational data from ...