Efforts to create computational models of consciousness have accelerated over the last two
decades, creating a field that has become known as artificial consciousness. There have …

Experimental investigations of neural system functioning and brain activity are standardly
based on the assumption that perceptions, emotions, and cognitive functions can be …

How is an altruistic act favored by natural selection if it incurs a cost to the actor? As the
behavior would have a detrimental impact on the actor's reproductive success, the genes …

<? Pub Dtl=""?> We describe a cognitive architecture learning intelligent distribution agent
(LIDA) that affords attention, action selection and human-like learning intended for use in …

Theories of consciousness and cognition that assume a neural substrate automatically
regard phylogenetically basal, nonneural systems as nonconscious and noncognitive. Here …

The use of sacred values by humans to enforce cooperation has been seen throughout
human history, as demonstrated by philosophers like Marx and Aristotle observing that …

This survey of experimental findings and theoretical insights of the past 25 years places the
brain firmly into the conceptual framework of nonlinear dynamics, operating at the brink of …

How is an altruistic act favored by natural selection if it incurs a cost to the actor? As the
behavior would have a detrimental impact on the actor's reproductive success, the genes …

In recent years, promising mathematical models have been proposed that aim to describe
conscious experience and its relation to the physical domain. Whereas the axioms and …

The ideas of self-observation and self-representation, and the concomitant idea of self-
control, pervade both the cognitive and life sciences, arising in domains as diverse as …