Information theory is a branch of mathematics and computer science that deals with the representation, transmission, and manipulation of information. It is based on a number of generally accepted ...

Integrated Information Theory (IIT) is a widely discussed—and, by some, strongly promoted —“mathematical theory of consciousness” developed over the past 10-20 years or so, mainly by neuroscientist ...

This is Part 4 of a five-part series. Integrated information theory (IIT) is a theory of consciousness. It was first formulated by the neuroscientist and psychiatrist Giulio Tononi in the early 2000s ...

Using a widely known field of mathematics designed mainly to study how digital and other forms of information are measured, stored and shared, scientists say they have uncovered a likely key genetic ...

Tim Bayne is affiliated with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). Science is hard. The science of consciousness is particularly hard, beset with philosophical difficulties and a ...

An interesting new study by researchers at the University of Portsmouth, UK, describes the use of a mathematical method to sequence genomes based on information theory. The method offers an ...

Physicists know about the huge chasm between quantum physics and the theory of gravity. However, in recent decades, theoretical physics has provided some plausible conjecture to bridge this gap and to ...

Since the beginning of the Digital Age (around the 1970s), theoretical physicists have speculated about the possible connection between information and the physical Universe. Considering that all ...