Science · Research & investigation
Michael Pitts
Consciousness researcher; COGITATE co-leader
Also known as M. Pitts
Who they are
Michael Pitts helped design COGITATE’s experimental framework and co-led the consortium. The collaboration set out predictions before data collection to compare major theories of consciousness. His role illustrates the organizational and methodological work needed to turn disagreements about experience into experiments that both sides can examine.
He appears in the timeline’s comparison of consciousness theories.
Selected contributions
- Co-designed the framework and co-led the COGITATE consortium.Source ↗
Selected works
Academic paper · 2025 · Peer-reviewed article
Adversarial testing of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theories of consciousness
The COGITATE consortium compares preregistered predictions from integrated information and global neuronal workspace theories using three types of brain measurements. The results support and challenge different predictions without declaring a complete theory of consciousness.
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Biography sources
- Adversarial testing of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theories of consciousness ↗Nature; full article in PubMed Central