--- title: This tool could show how consciousness works | daily.dev description: MIT philosopher Matthias Michel and Lincoln Lab researcher Daniel Freeman outline an experimental strategy using transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/this-tool-could-show-how-consciousness-works-d3b29ubj1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: This tool could show how consciousness works | daily.dev og:description: MIT philosopher Matthias Michel and Lincoln Lab researcher Daniel Freeman outline an experimental strategy using transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/this-tool-could-show-how-consciousness-works-d3b29ubj1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/d3b29UBj1.png og:image:alt: This tool could show how consciousness works og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # This tool could show how consciousness works **[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MIT philosopher Matthias Michel and Lincoln Lab researcher Daniel Freeman outline an experimental strategy using transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) to investigate the neural basis of consciousness. Unlike EEG or MRI, tFUS is noninvasive yet reaches deeper brain structures with millimeter-level resolution by sending acoustic waves through the skull. The proposed experiments would test two competing theories: the 'cognitivist' view that consciousness arises from higher-level frontal cortex processes, and the 'non-cognitivist' view that localized subcortical or posterior cortical neural patterns directly generate subjective experience. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [This new tool could tell us how consciousness works](https://daily.dev/posts/this-new-tool-could-tell-us-how-consciousness-works-qz6zogfr0) · MIT News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The science of consciousness](https://daily.dev/posts/the-science-of-consciousness-sgrdbso2a) · MIT News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Quantum clues to consciousness: New research suggests the brain may harness the zero-point field](https://daily.dev/posts/quantum-clues-to-consciousness-new-research-suggests-the-brain-may-harness-the-zero-point-field-ka86xo9c3) · Phys.org · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cognition and consciousness arise from analog computations, says new theory](https://daily.dev/posts/cognition-and-consciousness-arise-from-analog-computations-says-new-theory-9ha0zfwt4) · MIT News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Researchers discover advanced language processing in the unconscious human brain](https://daily.dev/posts/researchers-discover-advanced-language-processing-in-the-unconscious-human-brain-e9ykwrlke) · Hacker News · 4 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/this-tool-could-show-how-consciousness-works-d3b29ubj1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"This tool could show how consciousness works","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/this-tool-could-show-how-consciousness-works-d3b29ubj1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/this-tool-could-show-how-consciousness-works-d3b29ubj1"},"datePublished":"2026-04-21T21:12:16.087Z","dateModified":"2026-04-21T21:12:38.067Z","description":"MIT philosopher Matthias Michel and Lincoln Lab researcher Daniel Freeman outline an experimental strategy using transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) to...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/340e55b2b851b6868761dd01ead5f7b8?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/340e55b2b851b6868761dd01ead5f7b8?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"MIT Technology Review","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"MIT Technology Review","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/a8d03889722f4f22b3986e0b395ff076","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/this-tool-could-show-how-consciousness-works-d3b29ubj1","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MIT Technology Review","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"This tool could show how consciousness works"}]} ```