During the 20th Annual John Collins Harvey lecture, held Feb. 3 by the Georgetown University Medical Center, Dr. Joseph Fins described the case of a patient in a nonresponsive state, who underwent ...

If someone told you that you time travel frequently throughout the day, would you believe them? As part of the 2011 Honors Lecture Series sponsored by Barrett, the Honors College, the New York Times ...

I recently attended the 26th session of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) conference at New York University and recount in this post some prevailing trends. First, the ...

New research suggests that consciousness originates in the subcortex, and is polished by the cortex and cerebellum.

In the 10 minutes before the official start of class, Professor Anne Harrington somehow managed to cover descriptions of ...

The leading theories of consciousness suggest that the outer layer of the human brain, called the cortex (in blue in figure 1 ...

The LaBerge Mind & Brain Speaker Series at Bard College at Simon's Rock will feature a lecture by Ray Kasevich, CEO and co-founder of JR Technologies LLC, from 7:15 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the ...

This fall, the Architecture and Planning Lecture Series will bring widely recognized architects and planners to town to explore issues like environmental sustainability and, in a broad sense, their ...