Filled/non-filled pairs: An empirical challenge to the integrated information theory of consciousness
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DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2021.103245
Abstract: Perceptual filling-in for vision is the insertion of visual properties (e.g., color, contour, luminance, or motion) into one's visual field, when those properties have no corresponding retinal input. This paper introduces and provides preliminary empirical… read more here.
Keywords: filled non; consciousness; non filled; integrated information ... See more keywords
Is the neuroscientist's grandmother in the notebook? Integrated information and reference frames in the search for consciousness
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x21001849
Abstract: Abstract This commentary suggests that the physical substrate of integrated information is dependent on the reference frame used to observe it. Furthermore, it uses a thought experiment – can a neuroscientist, locked in a closed… read more here.
Keywords: reference frames; reference; integrated information; neuroscientist grandmother ... See more keywords
Anatomical, physiological, and psychophysical data show that the nature of conscious perception is incompatible with the integrated information theory (IIT)
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x21001989
Abstract: Abstract The integrated information theory (IIT) equates levels of consciousness with the amount of information integrated over the elements that constitute a system. Conscious visual perception provides two observations that contradict the IIT. First, objects… read more here.
Keywords: information; information theory; integrated information; theory iit ... See more keywords
The integrated information theory of agency
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x21002004
Abstract: Abstract We propose that measures of information integration can be more straightforwardly interpreted as measures of agency rather than of consciousness. This may be useful to the goals of consciousness research, given how agency and… read more here.
Keywords: information theory; theory agency; integrated information; agency ... See more keywords
The integrated information theory of consciousness: Unmasked and identified
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x21002387
Abstract: Abstract In our response to a truly diverse set of commentaries, we first summarize the principal topical themes around which they cluster, then address two “outlier” positions (the problem of consciousness has been solved vs.… read more here.
Keywords: information theory; integrated information; theory consciousness;
Separating weak integrated information theory into inspired and aspirational approaches
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DOI: 10.1093/nc/niad012
Abstract: Abstract Mediano et al. (The strength of weak integrated information theory. Trends Cogn Sci 2022;26: 646–55.) separate out strong and weak flavours of the integrated information theory (IIT) of consciousness. They describe ‘strong IIT’ as… read more here.
Keywords: iit; integrated information; information theory; weak integrated ... See more keywords
When do parts form wholes? Integrated information as the restriction on mereological composition
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DOI: 10.1093/nc/niad013
Abstract: Abstract Under what conditions are material objects, such as particles, parts of a whole object? This is the composition question and is a longstanding open question in philosophy. Existing attempts to specify a non-trivial restriction… read more here.
Keywords: restriction; composition; integrated information; form wholes ... See more keywords
Integrated information and dimensionality in continuous attractor dynamics
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DOI: 10.1093/nc/nix011
Abstract: Abstract There has been increasing interest in the integrated information theory (IIT) of consciousness, which hypothesizes that consciousness is integrated information within neuronal dynamics. However, the current formulation of IIT poses both practical and theoretical… read more here.
Keywords: continuous attractor; integrated information; information; attractor dynamics ... See more keywords
Computing integrated information
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DOI: 10.1093/nc/nix017
Abstract: Abstract Integrated information theory (IIT) has established itself as one of the leading theories for the study of consciousness. IIT essentially proposes that quantitative consciousness is identical to maximally integrated conceptual information, quantified by a… read more here.
Keywords: integrated information; information; system; computing integrated ... See more keywords
Finding continuity and discontinuity in fish schools via integrated information theory
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229573
Abstract: Collective behaviours are known to be the result of diverse dynamics and are sometimes likened to living systems. Although many studies have revealed the dynamics of various collective behaviours, their main focus has been on… read more here.
Keywords: integrated information; information; fish schools; information theory ... See more keywords
Decomposing past and future: Integrated information decomposition based on shared probability mass exclusions
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282950
Abstract: A core feature of complex systems is that the interactions between elements in the present causally constrain their own futures, and the futures of other elements as the system evolves through time. To fully model… read more here.
Keywords: information; past future; integrated information; probability mass ... See more keywords