The coolest and most basic insight that has coalesced in my understanding of human consciousness over the past 18 months is that a fundamental distinction can be drawn between two different streams of ...

Source: Sam McGuire Photography, Los Angeles (used with permission). Dreams are among the most vivid and unique conscious experiences. Their narrative power is well documented throughout history, from ...

This article originally appeared on Massive. If you cut off your thumb, you would (likely) still be conscious. If you cut off a thumb-sized part of your brainstem, however, you would almost certainly ...