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Neuroscience

What’s So Hard About Understanding Consciousness?

We brought Antonio Damasio and Anil Seth together to share their insights into neuroscience’s big question.

February 2, 2022

I Feel, Therefore I Am

Consciousness is a continuous conversation between the feeling body and the knowing mind.

February 2, 2022

Are Kids Ready for Virtual Reality?

Will too much time in the virtual world impact how children develop in the real one?

February 1, 2022

Why AI Lags Behind the Human Brain in Computational Power

It might be more accurate to think of many of the brain’s 10 billion neurons as being deep networks, with five to eight layers in each one.

October 27, 2021

Neuroscience’s Existential Crisis

We’re mapping the brain in amazing detail—but our brain can’t understand the picture.

October 27, 2021

The Accident That Led to Machines That Can See

The beauty of this breakthrough is serendipity.

October 19, 2021

The Spiritual Consciousness of Christof Koch

What the neuroscientist is discovering is both humbling and frightening him.

October 13, 2021

We Are Beast Machines

We understand conscious experiences only in light of our nature as living creatures.

October 13, 2021

Why These Children Fell into Endless Sleep

A neurologist makes an emotional visit to understand “resignation syndrome.”

September 22, 2021

Here’s Where Our Minds Sharpen in Old Age

Fluid intelligence has several aspects, and aging affects them differently.

September 1, 2021