About the compatibility between the perturbational complexity index and the global neuronal workspace theory of consciousness
Neuroscience of Consciousness January 1, 2023 M. Farisco, J. Changeux
The global neuronal workspace theory (GNWT) and the perturbational complexity index (PCI) are largely compatible frameworks for understanding conscious processing. GNWT holds that consciousness depends on long-range connections between cortical regions, enabling amplification, global propagation, and integration of brain signals. PCI, though developed within integrated information theory, aligns with this core idea. Some limited incompatibilities and apparent differences exist, but the paper concludes the two are fundamentally compatible, with certain points requiring further examination.