Hirokazu Takahashi

Bridging integrated information theory and the free-energy principle in living neuronal networks

arXiv Preprint Archive October 5, 2025 Teruki Mayama, Sota Shimizu, Yuki Takano et al. preprint

The relationship between Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and the Free-Energy Principle (FEP) remains unresolved, particularly with respect to how integrated information, proposed as the intrinsic substrate of consciousness, behaves within variational Bayesian inference. We investigated this issue using dissociated neuronal cultures, previously shown to perform perceptual inference...