There is a deeper side to the brain which weaves your memories, goals, beliefs and emotions into a continuous sense of self.

There is ongoing debate about thalamic contributions to consciousness. Using anaesthesia to experimentally model disorders of consciousness, Szocs et al.,

The Cambridge Psychedelic Research Group is thrilled to announce that their second Cambridge Psychedelic Research Day will take place on 22nd April 2026 at the historic Clare College…

Luppi et al. identify transcriptomic and connectomic controllers of information integration and its breakdown induced by anaesthesia in humans, macaques, marmosets and mice.

What happens to our brains and our consciousness when we’re put to sleep?

What happens to our brains and our consciousness when we’re put to sleep?

The authors find a correspondence between dynamic ratings of subjective experience and brain network dynamics during a naturalistic auditory story. They then explore which networks differentially supp...

Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics

Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics

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We propose an integrative view of the default mode network (DMN) as the anatomical and functional nexus for the interplay of convergence and divergenc…

One of the primary actions of general anaesthetic agents, apart from inducing a state of unconsciousness, is reversible impairment of memory formation during the period of administration. Failure to i...