Neural complexity is a common denominator of human consciousness across diverse regimes of cortical dynamics

Joel Frohlich; Jeffrey N. Chiang; Pedro A. M. Mediano; Mark Nespeca; Vidya Saravanapandian; Daniel Toker; John Dell’Italia; Joerg F. Hipp; Shafali S. Jeste; Catherine J. Chu; Lynne M. Bird; Martin M. Monti

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-04331-7

Communications Biology (Dec 2022)

Neural complexity is a common denominator of human consciousness across diverse regimes of cortical dynamics

Joel Frohlich,
Jeffrey N. Chiang,
Pedro A. M. Mediano,
Mark Nespeca,
Vidya Saravanapandian,
Daniel Toker,
John Dell’Italia,
Joerg F. Hipp,
Shafali S. Jeste,
Catherine J. Chu,
Lynne M. Bird,
Martin M. Monti

Affiliations

Joel Frohlich: Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles
Jeffrey N. Chiang: Department of Computational Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
Pedro A. M. Mediano: Department of Computing, Imperial College London
Mark Nespeca: Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego
Vidya Saravanapandian: Center for Autism Research and Treatment, University of California Los Angeles, Semel Institute for Neuroscience
Daniel Toker: Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles
John Dell’Italia: Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies
Joerg F. Hipp: Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Neuroscience and Rare Diseases, Roche Innovation Center Basel
Shafali S. Jeste: Center for Autism Research and Treatment, University of California Los Angeles, Semel Institute for Neuroscience
Catherine J. Chu: Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Lynne M. Bird: Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego
Martin M. Monti: Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04331-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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EEG measurements in children with Angelman or duplication 15q11.2-13.1 syndrome reveal a dissociation between consciousness and sleep-like spectral content, with complexity-based measures superseding other markers of consciousness.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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