Measures of differentiation and integration: One step closer to consciousness

Marcello Massimini; Simone Sarasso; Silvia Casarotto; Mario Rosanova

doi:10.1017/S0140525X21002016

Measures of differentiation and integration: One step closer to consciousness

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2022

Silvia Casarotto and

Marcello Massimini: Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences “L. Sacco”, University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy marcello.massimini@unimi.it https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/marcello-massimini simone.sarasso@unimi.it https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/simone-sarasso mario.rosanova@unimi.it https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/mario-rosanova IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, 20122 Milan, Italy silvia.casarotto@unimi.it https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/silvia-casarotto Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Toronto, ON M5G 1M1, Canada.
Simone Sarasso: Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences “L. Sacco”, University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy marcello.massimini@unimi.it https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/marcello-massimini simone.sarasso@unimi.it https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/simone-sarasso mario.rosanova@unimi.it https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/mario-rosanova
Silvia Casarotto: Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences “L. Sacco”, University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy marcello.massimini@unimi.it https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/marcello-massimini simone.sarasso@unimi.it https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/simone-sarasso mario.rosanova@unimi.it https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/mario-rosanova IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, 20122 Milan, Italy silvia.casarotto@unimi.it https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/silvia-casarotto
Mario Rosanova: Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences “L. Sacco”, University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy marcello.massimini@unimi.it https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/marcello-massimini simone.sarasso@unimi.it https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/simone-sarasso mario.rosanova@unimi.it https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/mario-rosanova

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Interpreting empirical measures of integration and differentiation as indices of cortical performance and memory consolidation during wakefulness rather than consciousness per se is inconsistent with the literature. Recent studies show that these theory-inspired measures can dissociate from such processes and reliably index the brain's capacity for experience. We consider this as a positive trend in consciousness research.

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Information: Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X21002016 [Opens in a new window]
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