Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
Citazione:
Consciousness and complexity: a consilience of evidence / S. Sarasso, A. Girardi Casali, S. Casarotto, M.C.E. Rosanova, C. Sinigaglia, M. Massimini. - In: NEUROSCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. - ISSN 2057-2107. - 7:2(2021 Aug 30), pp. niab023.1-niab023.24. [10.1093/nc/niab023]
Abstract:
Over the last years, a surge of empirical studies converged on complexity-related measures as reliable markers of consciousness across
many different conditions, such as sleep, anesthesia, hallucinatory states, coma, and related disorders. Most of these measures were
independently proposed by researchers endorsing disparate frameworks and employing different methods and techniques. Since this
body of evidence has not been systematically reviewed and coherently organized so far, this positive trend has remained somewhat
below the radar. The aim of this paper is to make this consilience of evidence in the science of consciousness explicit. We start with
a systematic assessment of the growing literature on complexity-related measures and identify their common denominator, tracing it
back to core theoretical principles and predictions put forward more than 20 years ago. In doing this, we highlight a consistent trajectory
spanning two decades of consciousness research and provide a provisional taxonomy of the present literature. Finally, we consider all
of the above as a positive ground to approach new questions and devise future experiments that may help consolidate and further
develop a promising field where empirical research on consciousness appears to have, so far, naturally converged.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
sleep; coma; anesthesia; information; integration;
Elenco autori:
S. Sarasso, A. Girardi Casali, S. Casarotto, M.C.E. Rosanova, C. Sinigaglia, M. Massimini
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