Review article

The strength of weak integrated information theory

Pedro MedianoDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Department of Psychology, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. Electronic address: [email protected]Fernando E. RosasCentre for Psychedelic Research, Imperial College London, London, UK; Data Science Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK; Centre for Complexity Science, Imperial College London, London, UKDaniel BorDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Department of Psychology, Queen Mary University of London, London, UKAnil K. SethSackler Centre for Consciousness Science, Department of Informatics, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; CIFAR Program on Brain, Mind, and Consciousness, Toronto, CanadaAdam B. BarrettSackler Centre for Consciousness Science, Department of Informatics, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; The Data Intensive Science Centre, Department of Informatics, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Electronic address: [email protected]

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Abstract

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DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.04.008

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