Causal reductionism and causal structures

M Grasso, L Albantakis, JP Lang, G Tononi - Nature neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Causal reductionism is the widespread assumption that there is no room for additional
causes once we have accounted for all elementary mechanisms within a system. Due to its …

A measure centrality index for systematic empirical comparison of consciousness theories

R Chis-Ciure, L Melloni, G Northoff - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2024 - Elsevier
Consciousness science is marred by disparate constructs and methodologies, making it
challenging to systematically compare theories. This foundational crisis casts doubts on the …

Mechanism integrated information

LS Barbosa, W Marshall, L Albantakis, G Tononi - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Integrated Information Theory (IIT) of consciousness starts from essential
phenomenological properties, which are then translated into postulates that any physical …

Computing the Integrated Information of a Quantum Mechanism

L Albantakis, R Prentner, I Durham - Entropy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Originally conceived as a theory of consciousness, integrated information theory (IIT)
provides a theoretical framework intended to characterize the compositional causal …

On the non-uniqueness problem in integrated information theory

JR Hanson, SI Walker - Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Integrated Information Theory (IIT) 3.0 is among the leading theories of
consciousness in contemporary neuroscience. The core of the theory relies on the …

An implementation of integrated information theory in resting-state fMRI

IE Nemirovsky, NJM Popiel, J Rudas, M Caius… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Integrated Information Theory was developed to explain and quantify
consciousness, arguing that conscious systems consist of elements that are integrated …

Emergence of integrated information at macro timescales in real neural recordings

A Leung, N Tsuchiya - Entropy, 2022 - mdpi.com
How a system generates conscious experience remains an elusive question. One approach
towards answering this is to consider the information available in the system from the …

Phi fluctuates with surprisal: An empirical pre-study for the synthesis of the free energy principle and integrated information theory

C Lundbak Olesen, PT Waade… - PLOS Computational …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The Free Energy Principle (FEP) and Integrated Information Theory (IIT) are two ambitious
theoretical approaches. The first aims to make a formal framework for describing self …

Falsification of the Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness

JR Hanson - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Astrobiology is premised on the idea that life beyond Earth can exist. Yet, everything known
about life is derivative from life on Earth. To understand life beyond Earth, then, requires a …

Integrated Information in Genetically Evolved Braitenberg Vehicles

H Pae, JL Krichmar - International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive …, 2024 - Springer
Integrated information, denoted as Φ, quantifies the intrinsic information within causal
systems. Despite its profound theoretical implications, applications of Φ have mostly taken …