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Enriched with Information

New theory doesn’t limit consciousness to the brain

By Laura Sanders

- More than 2 years ago

Demystifying the Mind
This feature is the final installment in a three-part series on the scientific struggle to explain consciousness. To read the entire series, click here.

Michael Morgenstern

TWO RULES A newly proposed theory defines consciousness as a system’s information content and capacity to connect that information.