Two theories of consciousness face an adversarial test

Consciousness & Personhood · Peer-reviewed study · Background context

Source / event date: Nature, April 30, 2025. Added October 21, 2026.

What happened: An open-science collaboration tested predictions from integrated information theory and global neuronal workspace theory.

Why we track it: Track how competing accounts of consciousness are tested rather than treating one definition as settled.

Assessment: Research on neural correlates does not itself establish conscious AI, a transferable self or a theological account of the soul.