Over the last decades, theoretical perspectives in the interdisciplinary field of the affective
sciences have proliferated rather than converged due to differing assumptions about what …

Understanding how consciousness arises from neural activity remains one of the biggest
challenges for neuroscience. Numerous theories have been proposed in recent years, each …

This article argues that consciousness has a logically sound, explanatory framework,
different from typical accounts that suffer from hidden mysticism. The article has three main …

The search for the neural correlates of consciousness is in need of a systematic, principled
foundation that can endow putative neural correlates with greater predictive and explanatory …

There are plenty of issues to be solved in order for researchers to agree on a neural model
of consciousness. Here we emphasize an often under-represented aspect in the debate …

We report the results of an academic survey into the theoretical and methodological
foundations, common assumptions, and the current state of the field of consciousness …

Adversarial collaboration has been championed as the gold standard for resolving scientific
disputes but has gained relatively limited traction in neuroscience and allied fields. In this …

The theoretical landscape of scientific studies of consciousness has flourished. Today, even
multiple versions of the same theory are sometimes available. To advance the field, these …

The neuroscience of volition is an emerging subfield of the brain sciences, with hundreds of
papers on the role of consciousness in action formation published each year. This makes …

Is a human more conscious than an octopus? In the science of consciousness, it's oftentimes
assumed that some creatures (or mental states) are more conscious than others. But in …