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Consciousness as Integrated Information: A Provisional Manifesto

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Neuroscience IIT manifesto

By Giulio Tononi

Summary

Full-length statement of IIT: consciousness is integrated information, measured by Φ. Explains why the cerebellum (massive parallelism, low integration) contributes little to consciousness despite having more neurons than the cortex.

Why It Matters

The paper that made IIT a major contender in consciousness science.

Notes

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