Thalamic regions drive conscious perception by syncing with the prefrontal cortex, acting as a gateway to awareness. Using ...

As LLMs become more powerful, the question of them being conscious like human beings is cropping up more and more frequently.

In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

This, in a nutshell, is the heart of the stoned ape theory, or the idea that our impressive cognitive capabilities, like ...

Using direct, intracranial brain recordings in humans, a new study finds that the thalamus, a small region located deep within the brain, plays a pivotal role in conscious perception. According to the ...

Consciousness is central to human experience, shaping everything we perceive and understand. Yet, its nature remains one of ...

According to three Stanford scientists, lack of human biological material is a “major bottleneck to progress” for medical ...