Consciousness gives rise to a sense of self and personal agency. The question is, how do biological processes give rise to ...

Experts describe conspiracy theories as explanations for important events involving secret plots by powerful, malicious groups. One popular conspiracy theory is that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act ...

Perception theory begins from a simple premise: that all our senses and the inputs that go into them must be categorized and studied. Perception is simply the moment when we become aware of ...

The theory is outlined in a paper out this week in Nature Neuroscience. “Perception is not simply understanding the environment around us as it is, but about how our brains reconstruct the environment ...

Human perceptions hold the key to the future of solar geoengineering and other approaches to cool our warming planet.

In recent years, the perception that beliefs in conspiracy theories have increased has become widespread among the general public, as well as among scholars, journalists, and policymakers, with ...

Our Current Theory of Human Color Perception Is Wrong, Study Finds A paradigm shift in color perception might translate to more vibrant digital displays, printed materials, textiles, and video and ...

The theories are hard to summarise, but both tie consciousness to the activity of neurons in different parts of the brain. Advocates of these two theories, together with a number of unaligned ...