Qualia: The Geometry of Integrated Information Export

@article{balduzzi_09_qualia:, abstract = {Author Summary In prior work, we suggested that consciousness has to do with integrated information, which was defined as the amount of information generated by a system in a given state, above and beyond the information generated independently by its parts. In the present paper, we move from computing the quantity of integrated information to describing the structure or quality of the integrated information unfolded by interactions in the system. We take a geometric approach, introducing the notion of a quale as a shape that embodies the entire set of informational relationships generated by interactions in the system. The paper investigates how features of the quale relate to properties of the underlying system and also to basic features of experience, providing the beginnings of a mathematical dictionary relating neurophysiology to the geometry of the quale and the geometry to phenomenology.}, author = {Balduzzi, David and Tononi, Giulio}, citeulike-article-id = {5439530}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000462}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19680424}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19680424}, day = {14}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000462}, issn = {1553-7358}, journal = {PLoS Comput Biol}, keywords = {cognition, consciousness, information}, month = {August}, number = {8}, pages = {e1000462+}, posted-at = {2009-09-07 09:34:40}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Public Library of Science}, title = {Qualia: The Geometry of Integrated Information}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000462}, volume = {5}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - balduzzi_09_qualia: L3 - citeulike-article-id:5439530 N2 - Author Summary In prior work, we suggested that consciousness has to do with integrated information, which was defined as the amount of information generated by a system in a given state, above and beyond the information generated independently by its parts. In the present paper, we move from computing the quantity of integrated information to describing the structure or quality of the integrated information unfolded by interactions in the system. We take a geometric approach, introducing the notion of a quale as a shape that embodies the entire set of informational relationships generated by interactions in the system. The paper investigates how features of the quale relate to properties of the underlying system and also to basic features of experience, providing the beginnings of a mathematical dictionary relating neurophysiology to the geometry of the quale and the geometry to phenomenology. IS - 8 JF - PLoS Comput Biol SN - 1553-7358 TI - Qualia: The Geometry of Integrated Information PB - Public Library of Science VL - 5 SP - e1000462 KW - cognition KW - consciousness KW - information AU - Balduzzi, David AU - Tononi, Giulio PY - 2009/August/14/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000462 ER -