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As humans, we know we are conscious because we experience and feel things. But we are still unable to explain exactly what consciousness is or where it comes from. “Consciousness — or better, conscious experience — is obviously a part of reality,” Johannes Kleiner, a mathematician and theoretical physicist at the Munich Center For Mathematical … Read more
Neuroscientists may have discovered the brain regions that give rise to our identity Credit: Scientific American MIND, March/April 2022 Advertisement Human consciousness remains one of the biggest puzzles in science. Indeed, we have made moderate progress on how to measure it but less on how it arises in the first place. And what gives rise … Read more
Most of us have had the experience of struggling mightily to solve a problem only to find, while taking a walk or doing the dishes, that the answer comes to us seemingly from nowhere. Psychologists call these sudden aha! moments “insight.” They occur not only when we are faced with a problem but also when … Read more