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consciousness

[kon-shuhs-nis] / ˈkɒn ʃəs nɪs /


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The study, "Creative problem-solving after experimentally provoking dreams of unsolved puzzles during REM sleep" was published in the journal Neuroscience of Consciousness on Feb. 5.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2026

He had been a medical student at the University of Natal when he founded the Black Consciousness Movement, aimed at empowering and mobilising the urban black population.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

Andrews was a coauthor of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness, a declaration signed last April by a long list of animal consciousness, philosophy, neuroscience and cognitive science luminaries at New York University.

From Salon • May 13, 2025

He called the movement the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON.

From New York Times • May 22, 2024

"Do you remember-?" Consciousness of the bad times in between came to them both.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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