Paper Info
Title
A Comparison between Theoretical and Experimental Measures of Consciousness as Integrated Information in an Anatomically Based Network of Coupled Oscillators.
Abstract
The rise of mathematical developments in the theories of consciousness has led to new measures to detect consciousness in a system. The Integrated Information Theory (IIT) is one of the best mathematical rooted attempts to quantify the level of consciousness in a system with Phi as the effective information generated in a system above its parts. Recently, the IIT has inspired the Perturbational Complexity Index (PCI) to detect conscious states in patients with disorders of consciousness, and it has shown to have almost perfect classification accuracy. In this study, we explore the statistical correspondence between the theoretical F and the experimental PCI through a neurocomputational model of coupled oscillators that can be artificially perturbed, which mainly focuses on the dynamics of collective synchronization between subsets of brain areas. Our results reveal that both measures are statistically related but, in principle, this relationship is far to be perfect. These results are discussed in the context of the model of coupled oscillators, which mainly focuses on the dynamics of collective synchronization between subsets of brain areas.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1155/2018/6101586
COMPLEXITY
Field
DocType
Volume
Level of consciousness,Oscillation,Synchronization,Consciousness,Complexity index,Electromagnetic theories of consciousness,Artificial intelligence,Integrated information theory,Mathematics,Machine learning
Journal
2018
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1076-2787
0
0.34
References 
Authors
7
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Antonio Ibañez-Molina121.74
Sergio Iglesias-Parro221.74