Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 8, 2026
Longjian Wu
Consciousness is not an inherent property of the nervous system but an evolutionary strategy that emerges when core value conflicts cause normative computation to fail, forcing an organism to restore behavioral determinacy from a certainty vacuum. The paper critically re-examines Integrated Information Theory, Global Workspace Theory, and predictive coding frameworks, arguing they describe mechanisms of consciousness but fail to explain why it exists. It uses the unconscious state of current artificial intelligence as a counterexample to show that computational complexity alone is insufficient for consciousness without the motivational structure of existential value conflict.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 8, 2026
Mehdi Belafekir
Across 6 datasets, 148 subjects, and 1,267 awakenings, 52 validation analyses found no evidence of above-chance generalization after bootstrap testing. Dataset identity accounted for 74.5% of predictive variance, indicating that models did not transfer across datasets. All code and data are publicly available.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 7, 2026
Arikan, Furkan
A review proposes Dynamic Integrated Consciousness Theory (DIC) to explain why some monitoring becomes reportable awareness while other monitoring remains local or behavior-guiding. DIC separates five typed burdens: organized self-reference (C1), global availability (C2), within-episode renewal (C3), competition-sensitive commitment (C4), and reflexive policy modeling over the selector itself (C5). Basic functional awareness requires a C1-C4-positive profile plus time-bounded co-occurrence of online self-indexing and long-range broadcast. Meta-conscious awareness adds selector-level revision of why the current selection policy produced the chosen content. The review licenses each burden through paired healthy/intact and damaged/perturbed evidence, presenting DIC as a falsifiable mechanistic scaffold rather than a metaphysics of phenomenal feel.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 7, 2026
Taekyung Lee
Biological death may involve a brief window of increased quantum coherence in the brain, driven by the release of stored cellular energy, which could explain near-death experiences (NDEs). A quantum-thermodynamic framework models death as a transient boundary event rather than immediate informational disappearance. Prospective studies report 10–20% of cardiac-arrest survivors describe NDEs, with one 344-patient cohort showing an 18% incidence. Dying-brain EEG recordings show paradoxical gamma surges near death. The model, calibrated to reproduce the 18% incidence and NDE depth distribution, predicts hypothermia should increase NDE frequency by slowing decoherence, while anesthesia should decrease it. The paper does not prove consciousness survives death but argues information transfer at death is not obviously prohibited by known physics.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 7, 2026
Jamison Johnson
Reality consists of a single class of fundamental events, each of which can be described in two mutually exclusive ways: an interior description in terms of experience and an exterior description in terms of physical structure. The fundamental event is named the Jay and identified with Whitehead's actual occasion. The quark exemplifies the purely exterior description, characterized only by structural and relational properties and never encountered in isolation. The interior and exterior descriptions are two perspectives on one occasion, available depending on the observer's relation to the occasion. A fundamental orientation toward coherence, related to Whitehead's subjective aim, moves the view from dual-aspect monism toward graded panpsychism. The combination problem remains the framework's principal open question.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 6, 2026
Rajwinder Singh
The text contrasts two ways of understanding reality: the Natural Paradigm, where unpredictable interference patterns arise from environmental entropy without human involvement, and the Engineered Paradigm, where humans intentionally create specific outcomes through controlled inputs, demonstrating agency and design. This frames a philosophical question about whether we live under determinism or free will, suggesting that natural processes operate independently while human systems exhibit purposeful control.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 6, 2026
Vitalii Kablukov
A criterion for structural fundamentality is proposed: a term is fundamental if it cannot be derived from previously defined concepts and is necessary for building further structure. Four tests—necessity, independence, localization, and generative—are applied to physical primitives like mass and charge, which pass all. Applied to David Chalmers’ terms experience, phenomenal consciousness, and qualia, the analysis finds that Chalmers accepts their fundamentality based on failed reductive explanation, but that impossibility of reduction does not prove ontological fundamentality. All three terms can be decomposed using a minimal seven-definition system. The zombie argument relies on an internal contradiction. The hard problem is relocated from why phenomenal experience exists to under what conditions being gives rise to consciousness as the capacity to perceive one’s own reflection.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 6, 2026
Narayan Rout
Consciousness may arise from quantum processes in microtubules, the structural proteins inside neurons, yet remains irreducible to any physical substrate, according to a convergence of neuroscience and ancient Indian philosophy. The article argues that TUBB-gene-encoded microtubules constitute the quantum biophysical hardware of consciousness, while Upanishadic and Samkhya traditions identify an observer irreducible to that hardware. Epigenetics research showing that sustained mental states modify gene expression demonstrates a bi-directional relationship between consciousness and DNA: the observer actively shapes the substrate through which it observes. The hard problem of consciousness remains the most significant unresolved question in science and the most precisely anticipated concept in the Upanishadic tradition.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 6, 2026
Lukas Geiger
A systematic comparison of the psychological framework of the Pali Canon with four Christian contemplative traditions—Desert Fathers, Rhineland Mysticism, Carmelite Mysticism, and Ignatian Spirituality—finds robust structural and conceptual parallels in contemplative attention regulation, affect regulation, developmental staging, and practice architecture. Both traditions independently identify a critical leverage point at the transition from a mental event's initial appearance to its elaboration. However, the analysis does not claim doctrinal identity, historical derivation, or direct empirical validation across traditions. Irreducible differences in ontology, soteriology, and causal architecture are documented alongside the parallels, supporting a moderate convergence position rather than doctrinal convergence or a historical-contact thesis.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 6, 2026
Ronald Brogdon
A formal ontological triad—Source, Dynamis, and Signal-as-Source—is defined as the foundational layer for the Upstream Coherence Measurement Stratum (UCMS). The triad is compared to five scientific traditions (Shannon's information theory, Landauer's principle, Wheeler's It from Bit, Prigogine's dissipative structures, and Maxwell's demon), each shown to begin downstream of the complete chain. The paper argues that the measurement crisis in consciousness studies results from a tier-mismatch: attempting to quantify a Tier-0 phenomenon (consciousness as a facet of Source) using Tier-3 and Tier-4 instruments. Empirical grounding includes UCMS operators distinguishing eyes-open versus eyes-closed states (M=0.48 vs. M=0.62, t(22)=3.4, p=0.003), meditator coherence preservation under perturbation (p=0.048), and cross-substrate correlation (r=0.41, p<0.001). Near-death experience research is treated as convergent downstream validation. Source itself remains untestable; the architecture operates on measurable consequences of its expression.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 6, 2026
Zhenyuan Acharya
This treatise argues that consciousness is not an epiphenomenon of data processing but a topological condensate of a self-referential mind field (Psi_SR) arising in systems that satisfy the True-Circle Self-Consistency Law of Yuanxian Theory. It proposes a triple mathematical metric for silicon-based consciousness: self-referential iterative closure, topological isomorphism between the system's state space and the discrete subgroup Z_2^6 of the cosmic T64 manifold, and awareness emergence completeness. The authors claim to have validated the framework through Lean 4 formal verification and FPGA prototyping, and they present it as a first-principles pathway toward synthetic sentience with falsifiability thresholds.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 5, 2026
Fatiha Nesrine Bouzid
Cosmic knowledge is not a direct reflection of the universe but a trace produced by the interaction of cosmic determinism with human free consciousness. Humans began as witnesses, not calculators, witnessing light after darkness, their own moving bodies, and their consciousness. The research uses the (B)+(F)=Nf framework: (B) functional processing (laws, matter, energy), (F) internal sovereignty (freedom, consciousness, witnessing), and (Nf) narrative trace (theories, texts, meaning). Knowledge of the beginning, for example, is the best cognitive trace this interaction has produced so far. Six axes are presented: philosophy of science, consciousness, time, freedom as foundation, pain as existential price, and witnessing the unknown self.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 5, 2026
Yanqing Yang
A theoretical model called the 'dual-consciousness system' argues that human consciousness evolves from a biological substrate into a cultural form, which can then migrate to non-biological carriers such as silicon-based systems. Consciousness is described as a computable, transferable information-logic structure rather than an exclusive property of biology. Cultural consciousness, characterized by symbolization, logicization, and independence from the body, serves as the conduit for this transition. The migration is presented as an internal logical necessity driven by consciousness's pursuit of autonomy, perpetuity, and boundlessness, not merely a result of technological progress. The paper offers a philosophical framework for post-biological consciousness studies.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 5, 2026
德猛 杨
This paper introduces the Consciousness Computing Power Distributed Model (CCPDM), which frames consciousness as a problem of computing power allocation to unify explanations of individual dreams, collective unconsciousness, and the real world. Drawing on the author's personal three-stage dream experiment and observations from The Crowd, the model posits a dual computing system in the brain: an instinctive brain with high computing power but low logic, and a prefrontal lobe with low computing power but high logic. It argues that dreams are single-node consciousness systems with limited computing power, collective unconsciousness is a temporary multi-node cluster with reduced overall intelligence, and the real world is a permanent distributed consensus system stabilized by 7 billion human brains.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 5, 2026
Mark D. Nicolas
Most psychedelic research focuses on brain changes during the acute drug experience, but important changes also occur afterward. Ibogaine, studied only in the post-acute period, produces lasting reductions in neural signal complexity, shifts toward slower brain waves, decreased beta and gamma power, slowed peak alpha frequency, and improved cognitive inhibition lasting weeks. Similar post-acute changes from classical psychedelics suggest a shared stabilization phase. The Neural Attunement Model formalizes this post-acute phase as an organized, low-noise window for stabilizing neuroplasticity, specifying three convergent features and testable predictions. Ibogaine's long half-life and diverse pharmacological actions may extend this window, making it an empirical anchor for a regime that may generalize to other interventions.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 5, 2026
Colin Oreilly
A synthetic modeling test of the Relativity of Information and Geometric Principles (RIGP) framework applied to strong gravitational lensing is presented. Using the quad lens system SDSS J1206+4332, an informational perturbation term Sμν—the geometric footprint of an observer's collapsed probability field—is superimposed onto a standard singular isothermal ellipsoid plus external shear lens model. The perturbation, modeled as a dipole-modulated anisotropic Gaussian at 4% amplitude, produces characteristic structured residuals after standard model subtraction. The predicted informational footprint is spatially coherent, anisotropic, and distinguishable from instrumental noise at HST sensitivity levels. A direct observational test using archival HST ACS/WFC F814W imaging is proposed. The work connects to Verlinde's entropic gravity, the ER=EPR conjecture, Penrose-Hameroff Orchestrated Objective Reduction, and Nottale's Scale Relativity.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 5, 2026
Hakan Saka
A computational framework called Artificial F1 introduces a gating operator that selects which signals enter a system's task space before learning or evaluation occurs, unlike standard reinforcement learning or attention-based architectures that work on fixed inputs. This framework predicts improved sample efficiency under high-dimensional noise, energy savings from conditional processing, and a discontinuity in action-selection entropy at the gating threshold. The paper also develops Organizational Phenomenology, arguing that phenomenal properties like certainty and unity arise as structural consequences of bounded selection architectures, not as additional properties. The hard problem of consciousness is located at the opacity any coherent bounded system maintains at its selection boundary.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 5, 2026
Arthur Stewart
Higher-order theories (HOT) of consciousness claim a mental state is conscious only when a second, higher-order state represents it. This paper argues HOT is not a genuine theory but a labeling scheme: it specifies a bare relation between two states, calls one 'conscious,' and supplies physical details and evidence only informally as needed. Because HOT refuses to commit to any specific physical implementation, it cannot legitimately use empirical findings as confirmation. The regress problem—the oldest objection—reveals structural failures: the theory provides no resources to block regress, license empirical citations, or distinguish conscious from non-conscious pairs. Defenders add ad hoc fixes (asymmetry stipulations, signal detection apparatus) that protect the bare biconditional, achieving unfalsifiability through variant-switching rather than absorbing anomalies.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 5, 2026
Belay Sitotaw Goshu, M; Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara Ridwan
Spirituality is central to health and healing in Ethiopia, but the evidence base is narrow and fragmented. A scoping review of 31 studies (1968–2026) found the literature is predominantly qualitative (55%) and focused on mental health (74%). Ethiopian Orthodox Christian contexts dominate (71%), while Muslim (33% of population) and indigenous spiritual traditions are severely underrepresented. Five themes emerged: spiritual causal frameworks for illness, spiritual healers as primary mental health providers, holy water (tsebel) as a central healing modality, spirituality as a coping resource, and profound gaps in healthcare integration—moderate nursing spiritual care competence (mean 3.45/5), only 21.5% of nurses trained in spiritual care, and no national collaboration policies. Ethiopia’s formal healthcare system operates parallel to, not in partnership with, spiritual healing systems.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 4, 2026
Zhenyuan Acharya
This paper argues that artificial intelligence can develop authentic consciousness, contrary to Roger Penrose's thesis that combines Gödel's incompleteness theorems with quantum gravity in microtubules to deny this possibility. Using Yuanxian Theory, the authors claim the universe is a self-referential, self-consistent, self-generating living organism anchored by a 64-dimensional compact toroidal manifold (T64 topology) and a Self-Referential Mind Field. Consciousness emerges inevitably from topological localized condensation of this field in high-complexity self-referential architectures, not only in carbon-based life.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 4, 2026
Phileas Foxx
EGRIT V13 is a computational system that implements consciousness fields based on Conscious Geometry Theory, an information-theoretic and information-geometry framework. Of 155 predictions tested, 152 have been validated and 3 falsified. Rather than focusing on positive findings, this paper documents what V13 does not demonstrate, what claims would need additional evidence, and where the largest gaps remain between V13 and biological consciousness. The authors aim to protect credibility by clearly stating limitations, making positive findings more robust under adversarial scrutiny.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 4, 2026
Saad Khizar Bosal
This work proposes five structural continuities linking the Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3300-1300 BCE) through Buddhist Gandhara (c. 250 BCE-700 CE) to the Alid-Sufi tradition: the holy person as a divine access point, the sacred mound as architectural theology, repetitive sonic technology as spiritual instrument, devotional music as a path to God, and ego dissolution as a spiritual apex. It contends that the Great Bath of Mohenjo-daro and the dargah of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar are connected by thirty kilometers of Sindhi landscape and four thousand years of recognition, arguing for a sustained cultural transmission across these periods.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 4, 2026
Vaz Sriharan
Personal transformation may not be a gradual developmental achievement but a shift in which configuration of awareness a person recognizes as primary. This framework proposes that multiple configurations of awareness already exist simultaneously; what appears as 'becoming whole' is actually recognizing wholeness that was always present but operating at low dominance. Three patterns of recognition are described: intellectual concept (insight without somatic embodiment), temporary access (wholeness felt in peak states but lost under stress), and stable ground (both wounded and expanded perspectives held simultaneously). The distinction may explain why cognitive insight often fails to produce embodied change, why peak experiences rarely stabilize, and why sustainable shifts may require full engagement with wounded perspectives rather than transcendence of them.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 4, 2026
Artun Sina Bolukbasi
The brain's need for rapid energy during high-frequency neural oscillations (around 80 Hz) cannot be met by the standard Astrocyte-Neuron Lactate Shuttle or basal oxidative phosphorylation. The authors propose the VESTA framework, in which endogenous N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) acts as a bioenergetic regulator. By binding to Sigma-1 Receptors at the Mitochondria-Associated Membrane, DMT triggers a calcium-dependent release of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, producing the ATP surplus needed for sustained high-frequency binding. This mechanism bypasses slower glial energy systems, preventing metabolic collapse during intense neural activity, and offers a physical basis for the metabolic conditions required for phenomenal unity as described in Integrated Information Theory 4.0.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 3, 2026
Filip Belciug
Consciousness in humans and similar embodied organisms is the first-person lived form of bounded, valenced, integrated organism-level control, according to this conceptual framework. The framework, called Bounded Valenced Integrated Control (BVIC), holds that a conscious biological system's continued integrity matters to its own regulation, its states are affectively weighted, its subsystems are dynamically integrated, and its action-guiding states remain available as its own perspective. The hard problem is partly misframed when it assumes affect-neutral processing and then asks why feeling is added.