How we experience pain may unlock the mystery of consciousness
Richard Ambron
Research Outreach 2023 DOI: 10.32907/ro-137-4908363865 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that investigating how pain is experienced offers a path to resolving the mind-body paradox, that is, how consciousness arises from the physical brain and nervous system. |
Abstract
ave you ever found yourself pondering philosophical questions like, 'What is consciousness?'In its simplest form, consciousness is our awareness that we exist.But how do we become aware that we exist?The answer lies in solving the mind-body paradox, namely, how does consciousness, a property of our non-physical mind, emerge from the workings of our physical nervous system and brain?This question has puzzled philosophers and scientists for centuries but Emeritus Professor Richard Ambron, from Columbia University in New York, USA, believes that the solution to this mystery is to study how we experience pain.In a recent landmark paper published in Neuroscience of How we experience pain may unlock the mystery of consciousness