Psychology Today

Consciousness and Integrated Information Theory

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 ...
Medical Xpress

Nobody knows how consciousness works, but top researchers are fighting over which theories are really science

Science is hard. The science of consciousness is particularly hard, beset with philosophical difficulties and a scarcity of experimental data. So in June, when the results of a head-to-head ...
The Conversation

How does consciousness work? Duelling scientists tested two big theories but found no winner

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 Conversation

Nobody knows how consciousness works – but top researchers are fighting over which theories are really science

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 ...