Robust individual alignment of color qualia structures: toward a structure-based taxonomy of divergent color experiences
bioRxiv February 15, 2026 Yu Togashi, Yuko Yotsumoto, Chihiro Hiramatsu et al. preprint
Whether qualitative aspects of consciousness, or qualia in short, are equivalent across individuals is a foundational scientific question. Testing this is challenging because one cannot assume a shared mapping between stimuli and private experience (my “red” may be your “green”) [1–3]. Previously, we proposed a structural characterization of qualia [4, 5] and the quantitative assessment of...