03/11/2008 Consciousness: a proposal for direction So, what is consciousness? Big question. Certain people have rephrased it "what is it to be conscious?" Other questions might be "how does consciousness tie in with brain functionality?" or even "why are we conscious?". 03/10/2008 Autumn School in Cognitive Neuroscience I have attended the Autumn School in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford this week.