Critical consciousness refers to the ability to understand and challenge oppressive forces such as racism, sexism, and classism. A growing body of research has found that youth critical consciousness ...

Young people who challenge social injustice and are politically active show high life satisfaction and better academic performance, says a University of Michigan researcher. A new study by Matthew ...

Youth involved in community-based activism over time become better critical thinkers and more politically active, according to a new University of Michigan study. The study, recently published in ...

In a paper titled, "Multimodal MRI reveals brainstem connections that sustain wakefulness in human consciousness," published in Science Translational Medicine, a group of researchers at Massachusetts ...

Human consciousness requires arousal (i.e., wakefulness) and awareness Brain imaging studies over the last decade have produced connectivity maps of the cortical networks that sustain awareness, but ...