Consciousness Science

Interactive visual comparison of the two leading consciousness theories, their predictions, and key differences.

Explore the concept of Phi (Φ) — how information integration might give rise to conscious experience.

Visualize the "ignition" phenomenon — the sudden brain-wide broadcast that GNWT proposes as the signature of consciousness.

Interactive exploration of the 2025 landmark study — the predictions, the findings, and what they mean for each theory.

Map the brain regions involved in consciousness — posterior cortex, prefrontal areas, and the disputed "hot zone."

Simulate the Perturbational Complexity Index — the "zap and zip" method that detects hidden awareness in unresponsive patients.

Explore what different theories predict about machine consciousness — from IIT's skepticism to GNWT's permissiveness.

Journey through the history of consciousness research — from the Koch-Chalmers wager to the Cogitate results.

Track the legendary 25-year bet between Christof Koch and David Chalmers on solving the neural basis of consciousness by 2023.

Explore why explaining subjective experience remains science's greatest mystery — easy vs hard problems, qualia, and the explanatory gap.

Experience a psychophysics experiment firsthand — find YOUR consciousness threshold using the staircase method researchers actually use.

Navigate the complete landscape of consciousness theories — from Higher-Order Theories to Orchestrated Objective Reduction.

Explore clinical cases from coma to locked-in syndrome — how doctors detect hidden awareness in unresponsive patients.

Examine the heated 2024 letter from 124 scholars calling IIT "pseudoscience" — and the fierce response from the consciousness research community.