Integrated information theory (IIT) is one of the most advanced formal theories of consciousness, featuring a Python toolbox (PyPhi) which allows us to analyse a system according to the corresponding theoretical framework. Computational and empirical limitations make it hard to test the hypothesis that higher values of integrated information are associated with a higher level of consciousness....
The phenomenon of near-death experiences (NDE), intense and profound subjective experiences, is characterized by the perception of being in a different dimension from the ordinary one, of having abandoned one’s body and, with it, the space-time dimension of the physical world. The term NDE has been used to indicate similar experiences that occurred in very different clinical conditions, namely...