The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex. The largest part ...

the combination of connections that are necessary and sufficient to recover consciousness,' he said. Enduring questions over ...

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Scientists have identified the specific part of the brain that controls conscious slow breathing and meditation techniques — and said the breakthrough could create a whole new class of anti ...

Through studies on rats, a team of researchers at Penn State has pinpointed the exact moment of loss of consciousness due to anesthesia, mapping what happens in different brain regions during that ...

They believed consciousness resided in ... was the first to suggest that not only was the brain itself the locus of the mind, but that different parts of the brain give rise to specific cognitive ...

There’s a specific part of the brain that controls the meditation techniques ... in the brain’s cortex that helps in initiating conscious breathing techniques, instead of the normal breathing ...

A psychological study has revealed that surveillance increases a person's subconscious awareness of being watched, which ...

The study paves the way for the development of a new type of anti-anxiety drug that can target the brain circuit responsible for slow and conscious ... of breathing can control negative emotions ...