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4 claims from 4 papers

1. Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function

   Polychronization: Computation with Spikes

   Izhikevich · Neural Computation · 2005

   A minimal simulated network of spiking cortical neurons with conduction delays and STDP self-organises into groups with time-locked firing patterns, and the authors discuss what this means for brain theory.

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   1. UncheckedIn the authors' simulated spiking network, the number of coexisting polychronous firing groups far exceeds the number of neurons, giving a very large memory capacity.“To our surprise, the number of coexisting polychronous groups far exceeds the number of neurons in the network, resulting in an unprecedented memory capacity of the system.”

2. Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science

   Integrated Information in Discrete Dynamical Systems: Motivation and Theoretical Framework

   Balduzzi and Tononi · PLoS Computational Biology · 2008

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   1. Supported · 71%“(ii) phi varies for systems with identical or similar surface dynamics depending on the underlying causal architecture, being low for systems that merely copy or replay activity states.”

3. Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science

   Integrated information theory (IIT) 4.0: Formulating the properties of phenomenal existence in physical terms

   Albantakis, Barbosa, Findlay et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2022

   The paper presents version 4.0 of Integrated Information Theory, which aims to account for the properties of experience in physical terms and updates the theory with several developments from the past ten years.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper says its postulates could, in principle, be applied to any system of units in a state to judge whether it is conscious, how much, and how.“In principle, the postulates can be applied to any system of units in a state to determine whether it is conscious, to what degree, and in what way.”

4. Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science

   On the non-uniqueness problem in integrated information theory

   Hanson and Walker · Neuroscience of Consciousness · 2023

   The authors present an algorithm that finds all possible Φ values for a system under IIT 3.0 and report that the definition yields multiple valid values, sometimes both zero and above zero.

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   1. Supported · 71%The paper says Φ, integrated information theory's measure of consciousness, has no single defined value for a system, and published values were chosen arbitrarily.“Here, we show that despite its widespread application, Φ is not a well-defined mathematical concept in the sense that the value it specifies is non-unique. To demonstrate this, we introduce an algorithm that calculates all possible Φ values for a given system in strict accordance with the mathemati…”