Tag: consciousness

Study suggests bodily sensations give rise to conscious feelings

From the University of Turku press release: Humans constantly experience an ever-changing stream of subjective feelings that is only interrupted during sleep and deep unconsciousness. Finnish researches show how the… Read more »

Study suggests we may have less control over our thoughts than previously assumed

From the San Francisco State University press release: Think you’re totally in control of your thoughts? Maybe not as much as you think, according to a new San Francisco State… Read more »

Study looks at how brain activity changes when anesthesia induces unconsciousness

From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release via MedicalXpress: Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified for the first time a pattern of… Read more »

Study of lucid dreamers allow researchers to identify seat of meta-consciousness in brain

From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: Which areas of the brain help us to perceive our world in a self-reflective manner is difficult to measure. During wakefulness, we are always conscious… Read more »

Study identifies dissociative subtype of post-traumatic stress disorder

From the Boston University Medical Center press release via MedicalXpress: A recent study by Erika J. Wolf, PhD, and Principal Investigator Mark W. Miller, PhD, both from the National Center… Read more »