Explanatory profiles of models of consciousness-towards a systematic classification

CM Signorelli, J Szczotka… - Neuroscience of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Models of consciousness aim to inspire new experimental protocols and aid
interpretation of empirical evidence to reveal the structure of conscious experience …

A relational approach to consciousness: categories of level and contents of consciousness

N Tsuchiya, H Saigo - Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Characterizing consciousness in and of itself is notoriously difficult. Here, we propose an
alternative approach to characterize, and eventually define, consciousness through …

Completeness for arbitrary finite dimensions of ZXW-calculus, a unifying calculus

B Poór, Q Wang, RA Shaikh, L Yeh… - 2023 38th Annual …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ZX-calculus is a universal graphical language for qubit quantum computation, meaning
that every linear map between qubits can be expressed in the ZX-calculus. Furthermore, it is …

Whole‐brain analyses indicate the impairment of posterior integration and thalamo‐frontotemporal broadcasting in disorders of consciousness

R Panda, A López‐González, M Gilson… - Human Brain …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The study of the brain's dynamical activity is opening a window to help the clinical
assessment of patients with disorders of consciousness. For example, glucose uptake and …

Reconstructing quantum theory from diagrammatic postulates

JH Selby, CM Scandolo, B Coecke - Quantum, 2021 - quantum-journal.org
A reconstruction of quantum theory refers to both a mathematical and a conceptual
paradigm that allows one to derive the usual formulation of quantum theory from a set of …

From brain-body function to conscious interactions

CM Signorelli, JD Boils, E Tagliazucchi… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this review, we discuss empirical results inspiring the introduction of a formal
mathematical multilayer model for the biological neuroscience of conscious experience …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a structural turn in consciousness science

J Kleiner - Consciousness and cognition, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent activities in virtually all fields engaged in consciousness studies indicate early signs
of a structural turn, where verbal descriptions or simple formalisations of conscious …

Qufinite ZX-calculus: a unified framework of qudit ZX-calculi

Q Wang - arxiv preprint arxiv:2104.06429, 2021 - arxiv.org
ZX-calculus is graphical language for quantum computing which usually focuses on qubits.
In this paper, we generalise qubit ZX-calculus to qudit ZX-calculus in any finite dimension by …

[HTML][HTML] Reasoning about conscious experience with axiomatic and graphical mathematics

CM Signorelli, Q Wang, B Coecke - Consciousness and Cognition, 2021 - Elsevier
We cast aspects of consciousness in axiomatic mathematical terms, using the graphical
calculus of general process theories (aka symmetric monoidal categories and Frobenius …

Kindergarden quantum mechanics graduates... or how I learned to stop gluing LEGO together and love the ZX-calculus

B Coecke, D Horsman, A Kissinger, Q Wang - Theoretical Computer …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper is a 'spiritual child'of the 2005 lecture notes Kindergarten Quantum Mechanics
Coecke (2005)[24], which showed how a simple, pictorial extension of Dirac notation …