Narrative psychology came into being for a few reasons. One is that, at our essence, we are the storytelling species. We think in story form, speak in story form, and bring meaning to our lives ...

Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio believes that the link between brain and body is the key to understanding consciousness. In his latest book, Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious, he explains why.

The science of consciousness has not lived up to expectations. Over the summer, the neuroscientist Christof Koch conceded defeat on his 25-year bet with the philosopher David Chalmers, a lost wager ...

It is now becoming something of a cliché in various circles of modern life — from religion to psychology to holistic medicine — to use the phrase “body-mind-soul” or “body-mind-spirit” when referring ...

THIS is one of those well-meaning but futile books which it is almost impossible to criticise. To write a history of the evolution of consciousness an author should be thoroughly well informed of the ...

Ever since Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, evolution has been the grand unifying theory of biology. Yet one of our most important biological traits, consciousness, is rarely ...

MR. TILBY writes with a vivacity and humour which make his book exceedingly pleasant reading. It contains no original research, but it is exceptionally well-informed. The idea is outwardly very like ...