THE AMAZING GAP IN CONSCIOUSNESS RESEARCH
Wolfgang Kromer
PsyArXiv February 3, 2025 preprint DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/3fdeq_v1 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
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| Key points | Argues that self-consciousness depends on the comparative integration of information from inside the body versus information from the environment, and contends that Integrated Information Theory, despite its focus on information integration in neuronal circuits, has not explicitly addressed this comparative aspect, leaving a significant gap in consciousness research. |
Abstract
A COMMENTARY: Comparative integration and representation of information originating in one’s own body versus information originating in the environment is addressed as the basic nature of self-consciousness. Although the Integrated Information Theory justifiably refers to complex integration of information in neuronal circuits as a basis of consciousness, the crucial aspect of COMPARATIVE handling of stimuli from inside versus those from outside the body has not been explicitly and sufficiently addressed in the literature. This leaves an amazing gap in consciousness research.