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A New Theory Explains How Consciousness Evolved

By Michael Graziano — 2016

Theories of consciousness come from religion, from philosophy, from cognitive science, but not so much from evolutionary biology. Maybe that’s why so few theories have been able to tackle basic questions such as: What is the adaptive value of consciousness? When did it evolve and what animals have it? The Attention Schema Theory (AST) may be able to answer those questions.

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Largest Ever Psychedelics Study Maps Changes of Conscious Awareness to Neurotransmitter Systems

In the world’s largest study on psychedelics and the brain, a team of researchers from The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) and Department of Biomedical Engineering of McGill University, the Broad Institute at Harvard/MIT, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, and Mila—Quebec...

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The Invitation: Is the World the Way You Want It to Be?

Why bother to heal the world if—as Conversations with God declares—everything is perfect just the way it is?

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Does Our Brain Really Create Consciousness?

The brain creates the images, thoughts, feelings and other experiences of which we are aware, but awareness itself is already present.

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One Word Is the Answer to Everything

It’s a surprising answer that looks far from obvious, but space joins a long list of candidates as old as the written word.

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