Consciousness develops through several forms—basic arousal, general alertness, and reflexive self-awareness. New research has explained why it exists in living beings. This was reported on December 15 ...
Awareness, especially self-awareness, is very difficult to study.  Self-awareness evolved among our animal ancestors and is ...
On the surface, the concept of consciousness can seem pretty straightforward. It refers to what people are mentally aware of, right? Turns out it is more complicated than that. John Horgan recently ...