An adversarial collaboration protocol for testing contrasting predictions of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theory.

ABSTRACT: The relationship between conscious experience and brain activity has intrigued scientists and philosophers for centuries. In the last decades, several theories have suggested different accounts for these relationships. These theories have developed in parallel, with little to no cross-talk among them. To advance research on consciousness, we established an adversarial collaboration between proponents of two of the major theories in the field, Global Neuronal Workspace and Integrated Information Theory. Together, we devised and preregistered two experiments that test contrasting predictions of these theories concerning the location and timing of correlates of visual consciousness, which have been endorsed by the theories' proponents. Predicted outcomes should either support, refute, or chal

SUBMITTER: Melloni L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9916582 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature