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Mind

Cracking consciousness will never be easy but we are making strides

A new way to understand where consciousness comes from and novel insights into subjective thought show that the hard problem of consciousness is worth persevering with

Leader

Revealed: What your thoughts look like and how they compare to others’

Mind

Revealed: What your thoughts look like and how they compare to others’

Features

Mind

How your brain stays focused on conversations in a noisy room

News

Neuralink says it has permission to conduct its first human trials

Technology

Elon Musk's brain implant firm Neuralink gets approval for human trial

News

Why we’re trapped in short-term thinking and how to take the long view

Society

Why we’re trapped in short-term thinking and how to take the long view

Features

A woman partially paralysed by stroke was able to use utensils to eat independently after spinal cord stimulation

Health

Spinal cord stimulation helps people with stroke regain arm movement

News

Understanding human intentions will be the next big breakthrough in AI

Technology

Understanding human intentions will be the next big breakthrough in AI

Features

A person with tetraplegia uses a mind-controlled wheelchair as part of a trial

Health

People with paralysis navigate a room via a mind-controlled wheelchair

News

Brain training apps claim to make us smarter, but there is no evidence

Technology

Brain training apps claim to make us smarter, but there is no evidence

Comment

Why does time fly or drag? How emotions warp our temporal perceptions

Mind

Why does time fly or drag? How emotions warp our temporal perceptions

Felt time can speed up and slow down, depending on circumstances, because our perception of duration is intrinsically linked to the mental states induced by our physiological responses to the world

Features

Mind

How do we sense time? The brain cells that order our memories

Features

Technology

Hybrid AI: A new way to make machine minds that really think like us

Features

Mind

David Chalmers interview: Virtual reality is as real as real reality

Features

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What are the four main theories of consciousness?