A single phrase can follow you for a lifetime. For me, it was this: Perception is reality. It was one of the first lessons drilled into me during Plebe Summer at the U.S. Naval Academy. It felt like a ...
According to Anil Seth, professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, “perception, instead of just being a reflection of what’s actually there in the world, is ...
The Mandukya Upanishad: The Four States of Consciousness and Their Impact on Perception The nature of reality has perplexed ...
Hallucinations are more common than we think, and they may be an underlying mechanism for how our brains experience the world. One scientist calls them “everyday hallucinations” to describe ...
Leeds Beckett University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. A few years ago I climbed over a gate and found myself gazing down at a valley. After I’d been walking for a few minutes, ...