Consciousness and complexity: a consilience of evidence

S Sarasso, AG Casali, S Casarotto… - Neuroscience of …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The easy part of the hard problem: a resonance theory of consciousness

T Hunt, JW Schooler - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Synchronization, harmonization, vibrations, or simply resonance in its most general sense
seems to have an integral relationship with consciousness itself. One of the possible “neural …

Psychedelics as a treatment for disorders of consciousness

G Scott, RL Carhart-Harris - Neuroscience of consciousness, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Based on its ability to increase brain complexity, a seemingly reliable index of conscious
level, we propose testing the capacity of the classic psychedelic, psilocybin, to increase …

Quantum effects in the brain: A review

B Adams, F Petruccione - AVS Quantum Science, 2020‏ - pubs.aip.org
In the mid-1990s, it was proposed that quantum effects in proteins known as microtubules
play a role in the nature of consciousness. The theory was largely dismissed due to the fact …

Thalamic deep brain stimulation paradigm to reduce consciousness: Cortico-striatal dynamics implicated in mechanisms of consciousness

MJ Redinbaugh, M Afrasiabi, JM Phillips… - PLoS computational …, 2022‏ - journals.plos.org
Anesthetic manipulations provide much-needed causal evidence for neural correlates of
consciousness, but non-specific drug effects complicate their interpretation. Evidence …

How much consciousness is there in complexity?

M Koculak, M Wierzchoń - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
The notion of complexity currently receives significant attention in neuroscience, mainly
through the popularity of the Integrated Information Theory (IIT). It has proven successful in …

Complexity and 1/f slope jointly reflect brain states

V Medel, M Irani, N Crossley, T Ossandón… - Scientific reports, 2023‏ - nature.com
Abstract Characterization of brain states is essential for understanding its functioning in the
absence of external stimuli. Brain states differ on their balance between excitation and …

Determining states of consciousness in the electroencephalogram based on spectral, complexity, and criticality features

N Walter, T Hinterberger - Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
This study was based on the contemporary proposal that distinct states of consciousness are
quantifiable by neural complexity and critical dynamics. To test this hypothesis, it was aimed …

Brain complexities and anesthesia: Their meaning and measurement

D Li, MS Fabus, JW Sleigh - Anesthesiology, 2022‏ - ingentaconnect.com
A complex system is often associated with emergence of new phenomena from the
interactions between the system's components. General anesthesia reduces brain …

The Dream Catcher experiment: blinded analyses failed to detect markers of dreaming consciousness in EEG spectral power

W Wong, V Noreika, L Móró, A Revonsuo… - Neuroscience of …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Dream Catcher test defines the criteria for a genuine discovery of the neural
constituents of phenomenal consciousness. Passing the test implies that some patterns of …