From equivalence to quantification: the HLbC model as a unified framework for consciousness
The Neuroscience Chronicles December 31, 2025 Zhi-Dong Zhou, E. Tan
The challenge of developing a unified, mathematically rigorous framework for consciousness remains central to neuroscience. Hereby two recent papers are discussed that advance the Human Language-based Consciousness (HLbC) model as a novel, testable alternative to existing theories. The first paper establishes a mathematical equivalence between the HLbC model and the Bayesian brain hypothesis,...