Despite anecdotal evidence suggesting conscious states in a variety of non-human animals,
no systematic neuroscientific investigation of animal consciousness has yet been …

We argue that the functions of consciousness are implemented in a bio-computational
manner. That is to say, the conscious as well as the non-conscious aspects of human …

In recent years a number of bestselling books have forcefully argued that belief in God can
no longer be defended on rational or empirical grounds, and that the scientific worldview …

This chapter explores paths toward emotion‐focused coping among typically developing
young children and their more or less average parents—portraying characteristic …

Tononi [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 5033 (1994)] proposed a measure of neural
complexity based on mutual information between complementary subsystems of a given …

A basic understanding of consciousness and its neural correlates is of major importance for
all clinicians, especially those involved with patients with altered states of consciousness. In …

Machine (artificial) consciousness can be interpreted in both strong and weak forms, as an
instantiation or as a simulation. Here, I argue in favor of weak artificial consciousness …

It is proposed to translate the mind-matter distinction into terms of mental and physical time.
In the spirit of this idea, we hypothesize a relation between the intensity of mental presence …

The proverbial “war between science and religion” has in many quarters reached the status
of truism. Francisco J. Ayala seeks to negotiate a truce between the opposing sides through …

Consciousness is that which is lost when we fall into a dreamless sleep and returns when
we wake up again. As William James emphasized, consciousness is a process and not a …