Integrated Information Theory (IIT) is a widely discussed—and, by some, strongly promoted —“mathematical theory of consciousness” developed over the past 10-20 years or so, mainly by neuroscientist ...

The debate over the source of human consciousness has persisted for thousands of years, dating back to Plato and Aristotle. While we have made huge advancements in neuroscience in recent years, our ...

Where in the brain does consciousness originate? Theories abound, but neuroscientists still haven’t coalesced around one explanation, largely because it’s such a hard question to probe with the ...

Tim Bayne is affiliated with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). Science is hard. The science of consciousness is particularly hard, beset with philosophical difficulties and a ...

I'm a co-director with Liad Mudrik of CIFAR's "Brain, Mind, and Consciousness" program. “Theories are like toothbrushes,” it’s sometimes said. “Everybody has their own and nobody wants to use anybody ...

The origin of consciousness has teased the minds of philosophers and scientists for centuries. In the last decade, neuroscientists have begun to piece together its neural underpinnings—that is, how ...

Key points As currently formulated, integrated information theory (IIT) is not well-defined and is not a plausible "theory of consciousness." ITT does, however, properly emphasize the apparent ...