Consciousness Starts in the Body, Not the Brain: New Neuroscience Study Changes Everything We Knew

Consciousness Starts in the Body, Not the Brain: New Neuroscience Study Changes Everything We Knew

For decades, scientists have searched the brain for the origins of consciousness. But according to a new peer-reviewed study published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews by researchers Anil K. Seth and Hugo D. Critchley, the story may be more complex—and more embodied—than we thought. Rather than treating the brain as the sole architect of awareness, the authors argue that conscious experience begins with how the brain interprets internal b…