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Babies cry, smile, laugh and react to their environment - so it seems odd to look at a baby and wonder whether or not it's conscious. But consciousness is a tricky thing to pin down, and according to ...

Until recently, mental imagery has largely been regarded as an exclusively conscious phenomenon. However, recent empirical results suggest that mental…

To truly understand consciousness, we need new methods to measure it and detect it in other intelligent systems.

Insights from human brains might inform how scientists search for awareness in other animals and AI.

Is consciousness like jazz, something hard to pin down? Or is it more like the biology of dolphins, odd but natural?