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Adversarial Testing of Global Neuronal Workspace and Integrated Information Theories of Consciousness by Cogitate Consortium*, Oscar Ferrante1,40, Urszula Gorska-Klimowska2,40, Simon Henin3,40, is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Nature, doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08888-1Diferent theories explain how subjective experience arises from brain activity1,2. These theories have independently accrued evidence, but have not been directly compared3. Here we present an open science adversarial collaboration directly juxtaposing integrated information theory (IIT)4,5 and global neuronal workspace theory (GNWT)6–10 via a theory-neutral consortium11–13. The theory proponents and the consortium developed and preregistered the experimental design, divergent predictions, expected outcomes and interpretation thereof12. Human participants (n = 256) viewed suprathreshold stimuli for variable durations while neural activity was measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging, magnetoencephalography and intracranial electroencephalography. We found information about conscious content in visual, ventrotemporal and inferior frontal cortex, with sustained responses in occipital and lateral temporal cortex refecting stimulus duration, and contentspecifc synchronization between frontal and early visual areas. These results align with some predictions of IIT and GNWT, while substantially challenging key tenets of both theories. For

Author

Cogitate Consortium*, Oscar Ferrante1,40, Urszula Gorska-Klimowska2,40, Simon Henin3,40,

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2025

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EN