Theories of Consciousness 2/6: Consciousness and the Brain – Comparing and Testing Neuroscientific Theories of Consciousness (with Liad Mudrik)

February 11, 2024. 2 hours. For centuries, consciousness was considered to be outside the reach of scientific investigation. Yet in recent decades, more and more studies have tried to probe the neural correlates of conscious experience, and several neuronally-inspired theories for consciousness have emerged. In this talk, Mudrik focuses on four leading theories of consciousness: Global Neuronal Workspace (GNW), integrated Information Theory (IIT), Recurrent Processing Theory (RPT) and Higher Order Theory (HOT). He presents the guiding principles of these theories, and then compares them. A bird’s-eye view of the field is provided, using the results of a large-scale quantitative and…