@article{ab173c2937ca4c20a3192507cb793486,
title = "What makes a theory of consciousness unscientific?",
abstract = "Theories of consciousness have a long and controversial history. One well-known proposal — integrated information theory — has recently been labeled as {\textquoteleft}pseudoscience{\textquoteright}, which has caused a heated open debate. Here we discuss the case and argue that the theory is indeed unscientific because its core claims are untestable even in principle.",
author = "Karen Yan and Wokke, {Martijn E.} and Micha{\l} Wierzcho{\'n} and Thalia Wheatley and Josh Weisberg and Taylor Webb and Sebastian Watzl and Jonas Vibell and Tse, {Peter U.} and Frank Tong and Vincent Taschereau-Dumouchel and Timo Stein and Hugo Spiers and David Soto and Guillermo Solovey and Smith, {Barry C.} and Slagter, {Heleen A.} and Juha Silvanto and Joshua Shepherd and Seitz, {Aaron R.} and Scott, {Ryan B.} and Schwarzkopf, {D. Samuel} and Aaron Schurger and Daniela Schiller and Adina Roskies and Ringach, {Dario L.} and Geraint Rees and Dobromir Rahnev and Rademaker, {Rosanne L.} and Ian Phillips and Peters, {Megan A.K.} and Franco Pestilli and David Pereplyotchik and Owen, {Adrian M.} and Or, {Charles C.F.} and Brian Odegaard and Myrto Mylopoulos and Jorge Morales and Mok, {Robert M.} and Dean Mobbs and Mitra, {Partha P.} and Miller, {Kenneth D.} and Matthias Michel and Janet Metcalfe and Julio Martinez-Trujillo and Machizawa, {Maro G.} and Liu, {Ka Yuet} and Lin, {Ying Tung} and Lieberman, {Matthew D.} and Hassin, {Ran R.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Nature America, Inc. 2025.",
year = "2025",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1038/s41593-025-01881-x",
language = "الإنجليزيّة",
volume = "28",
pages = "689--693",
journal = "Nature Neuroscience",
issn = "1097-6256",
publisher = "Nature Research",
number = "4",
}