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 ...

In contrast to classical theory, quantum theory has the remarkable property that the state space of every system has continuously many pure states. These are states that can be seen as states of ...

In a video from the early 1950s, Bell Labs scientist Claude Shannon demonstrates one of his new inventions: a toy mouse named Theseus that looks like it could be a wind-up. The gaunt Shannon, looking ...

Marketing: ZFP – Journal of Research and Management, 36. Jahrg., H. 1 (2014), pp. 5-21 (17 pages) In contrast to classical choice theory, the widely discussed phenomenon of an attraction effect for ...

Central to the definition of phenomenal consciousness is the notion of the “first-person perspective.” This is associated with the sensations, feelings, and thoughts that a person has, which can be ...

PTSD experts agree that the condition has its roots in very real, physical processes within the brain – and not some sort of psychological “weakness”. But no clear consensus has emerged about what ...

Introduction to photonic information processing; coherent and incoherent light; electro-optic and acousto-optic modulation; optical signal processing; holography; optical storage. REQUIRED TEXT: Saleh ...