Oscar Ferrante, Rony Hirschhorn and Alex Lepauvre discuss putting integrated information and global neuronal workspace theories of consciousness to the test

Oscar Ferrante of the University of Birmingham, Rony Hirschhorn of Tel Aviv University and Alex Lepauvre of the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics join Paul Middlebrooks to discuss the release of their first publication directly testing integrated information versus the global neuronal workspace theories of consciousness. The researchers, who are working in a massive adversarial collaboration called COGITATE, detail their results that partially falsify some predictions of both theories. They also discuss their experiences and reflections about working in such unique circumstances.

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