Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science

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Reality Is Not What It Seems – and Neither Are You!

New paper on decomposing integrated information. Consciousness, and integrated information, are multi-dimensional!

Beyond integrated information: A taxonomy of information dynamics phenomena Most information dynamics and statistical causal analysis frameworks rely on the common intuition that causal interactions are intrinsically pairwise -- every 'cause' variable has an associated 'effect' variable, so that a 'causal arrow' can be drawn between them. However, analyses that depict inter...

New commentary on Integrated Information Theory, by Adam Barrett and Pedro Antonio Martínez Mediano - "The Phi Measure of Integrated Information is not Well-Defined for General Physical Systems" https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/jcs/2019/00000026/f0020001/art00002 #

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New paper: "Measuring Integrated Information: Comparison of Candidate Measures in
Theory and Simulation"

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Where I think we're at with scientific theories of consciousness.

Why we need to figure out a theory of consciousness Consciousness final frontier of science?

Our latest paper on consciousness and complexity, this one analysing depth electrode data from sleeping patients. https://academic.oup.com/nc/article/doi/10.1093/nc/niw022/2957408/Global-and-local-complexity-of-intracranial-EEG

Global and local complexity of intracranial EEG decreases during NREM sleep | Neuroscience of Consciousness | Oxford Academic

Spiked Online's interview with Prof Anil Seth, on what neuroscience can, and can't, tell us about consciousness
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-material-soul/17970 #.VrI_E2NxOO1

The material soul Anil Seth explores what neuroscience can – and can’t – tell us about consciousness.

Adam Barrett: My comment on Tononi & Koch's recent paper on the Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/371/1687/20140198

A comment on Tononi & Koch (2015) ‘Consciousness: here, there and everywhere?’ It is a beautiful idea that consciousness could in some sense be identified with intrinsic integrated information, and it is fascinating to contemplate a theory of consciousness that has the potential to explain the relationship between physical structure and conscious phenomenology [1]. However, st…

Want to do a Ph.D. on the cognitive neuroscience of consciousness? Opportunities for Autumn 2016 entry are now up on our website!

Postgraduate Study : Research : Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science : University of Sussex Studying at the Sackler Centre involves registering for a degree at one of the participating schools (Informatics, Psychology, or BSMS). There is also now a dedicated Sackler Centre Ph.D. programme, jointly supported by the Centre with participating schools. Taking an M.Sc degree at Sussex is an exc…

Our new paper on consciousness and complexity! Congratulations to my student Michael Schartner for all the hard work

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0133532

Complexity of Multi-Dimensional Spontaneous EEG Decreases during Propofol Induced General... Emerging neural theories of consciousness suggest a correlation between a specific type of neural dynamical complexity and the level of consciousness: When awake and aware, causal interactions between brain regions are both integrated (all regions are to a certain extent connected) and differentiate…

Our substitutional reality kit featured on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science this week (skip to 21:15 for Sackler Centre and Anil Seth)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nd4yv

Invasive Species, Coral Seaview Survey, Evolution of the Brain, A New Virtual Reality, BBC... Should people embrace the changes resulting from invasive alien species?

Explore interoception with Sackler neuroscientists at British Science Week: Dr Cass Gould & Dr Charlotte Rae will be speaking at 'Rhythms of the Heart', an interactive workshop on the interplay between heart, emotion and rhythms. Come along and hear about our recent discoveries on how heart rhythm influences our thoughts, feelings and behaviours - and try out our experiments first-hand! Friday 20th & Saturday 21st March, The Proud Archivist, London
http://www.theproudarchivist.co.uk/event/rhythms-of-the-heart/

Rhythms of The Heart - The Proud Archivist BOOK HERE. Rhythms of The Heart – Presented by ‘Jugular:Joining The Head and The Heart’ “SCIENCE” “ART” “PERFORMANCE” “PHILOSOPHY” “Inspired by everyday life and informed by specialist research, we invite you to celebrate both your emotions and intellect through performance spanning theatre, music,…