Editing Consciousness (section)

==== Integrated information theory ====
[[Integrated information theory]] (IIT), pioneered by neuroscientist [[Giulio Tononi]] in 2004, postulates that consciousness resides in the information being processed and arises once the information reaches a certain level of complexity. Additionally, IIT is one of the only leading theories of consciousness that attempts to create a 1:1 mapping between conscious states and precise, formal mathematical descriptions of those mental states. Proponents of this model suggest that it may provide a physical grounding for consciousness in neurons, as they provide the mechanism by which information is integrated. This also relates to the "[[hard problem of consciousness]]" proposed by [[David Chalmers]]. The theory remains controversial, because of its lack of credibility.{{clarify|date=October 2024}}<ref name="nature.com">{{Cite journal |last1=Tononi |first1=Giulio |last2=Boly |first2=Melanie |last3=Massimini |first3=Marcello |last4=Koch |first4=Christof |date=July 2016 |title=Integrated information theory: from consciousness to its physical substrate |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn.2016.44 |url-status=live |journal=Nature Reviews Neuroscience |language=en |volume=17 |issue=7 |pages=450–461 |doi=10.1038/nrn.2016.44 |issn=1471-0048 |pmid=27225071 |s2cid=21347087 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504082713/https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn.2016.44 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lenharo |first=Mariana |date=2023-09-20 |title=Consciousness theory slammed as 'pseudoscience' — sparking uproar |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02971-1 |journal=Nature |language=en |doi=10.1038/d41586-023-02971-1|pmid=37730789}}</ref><ref name=":0" />