A bibliometric evaluation of the impact of theories of consciousness in academia and on social media

Yeung, Andy Wai Kan; Cushing, Cody; Lee, Alan

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2022.103296

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“…However, a recent bibliometric evaluation of consciousness theories showed that approximately 3-9 of the citations were based on testing ground. The authors reported that out of five considered theories (global workspace, higher order, integrated information, local recurrent and quantum theories), the IIT had the highest increase in publication and citation count (Yeung et al, 2022).…”

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Self-organized criticality as a framework for consciousness: A review study

Walter

Hinterberger

2022

Front. Psychol.

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ObjectiveNo current model of consciousness is univocally accepted on either theoretical or empirical grounds, and the need for a solid unifying framework is evident. Special attention has been given to the premise that self-organized criticality (SOC) is a fundamental property of neural system. SOC provides a competitive model to describe the physical mechanisms underlying spontaneous brain activity, and thus, critical dynamics were proposed as general gauges of information processing representing a strong candidate for a surrogate measure of consciousness. As SOC could be a neurodynamical framework, which may be able to bring together existing theories and experimental evidence, the purpose of this work was to provide a comprehensive overview of progress of research on SOC in association with consciousness.MethodsA comprehensive search of publications on consciousness and SOC published between 1998 and 2021 was conducted. The Web of Science database was searched, and annual number of publications and citations, type of articles, and applied methods were determined.ResultsA total of 71 publications were identified. The annual number of citations steadily increased over the years. Original articles comprised 50.7% and reviews/theoretical articles 43.6%. Sixteen studies reported on human data and in seven studies data were recorded in animals. Computational models were utilized in n = 12 studies. EcoG data were assessed in n = 4 articles, fMRI in n = 4 studies, and EEG/MEG in n = 10 studies. Notably, different analytical tools were applied in the EEG/MEG studies to assess a surrogate measure of criticality such as the detrended fluctuation analysis, the pair correlation function, parameters from the neuronal avalanche analysis and the spectral exponent.ConclusionRecent studies pointed out agreements of critical dynamics with the current most influencing theories in the field of consciousness research, the global workspace theory and the integrated information theory. Thus, the framework of SOC as a neurodynamical parameter for consciousness seems promising. However, identified experimental work was small in numbers, and a heterogeneity of applied analytical tools as a surrogate measure of criticality was observable, which limits the generalizability of findings.

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Self-organized criticality as a framework for consciousness: A review study

Walter

Hinterberger

2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…During the preparation of this study, some other articles with similar or related aims have been published (Del Pin et al, 2021; Yaron et al, 2022; Yeung et al, 2022). While Del Pin et al’s (2021) focus is on “how to,” that is, the methodology of comparative analysis, and Yeung et al (2022) concentrate on public acceptance of theories, only Yaron et al’s (2022) work is similar to ours. However, as there are still differences useful for researchers of consciousness to pick up from the Yaron et al and our present report and because in such type of meta-analytic research converging evidence must be of value, we believe some parallelness can be excused.…”

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A comparative analysis of empirical theories of consciousness.

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Bachmann²

2022

Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice

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The Diagnostic Relevance and Interfaces Covered by Mach Band Effect in Dentistry: An Analysis of the Literature

Yeung¹

2022

Healthcare

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This work surveyed how the Mach band effect was mentioned in the dental literature and provided a qualitative assessment of diagnostic relevance and interfaces covered. PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar were queried in mid-Jan 2022. The search string was (“mach band effect” OR “mach effect”) AND (dental OR oral OR tooth OR teeth OR maxillofacial OR orofacial). All publications returned by the searches were screened. Exclusion criteria included irrelevance (e.g., dealing with “Mach effect” that was non-radiographic or non-dental) and not written in English. Reference lists of returned publications were manually searched to identify potentially missed papers. For each included publication, the following parameters were recorded: any presentation of radiographic images showing a Mach band effect, direct investigation of the effect, relevance to which structural interfaces, diagnostic relevance, and in which parts of the publication Mach band effect was mentioned. Seventy-seven publications were included and analyzed. The majority of the publications mentioned the Mach band effect in the Discussion section about its diagnostic relevance to caries detection at the enamel-dentinal junction and the interface between restorative material and tooth structure. Eight of them presented radiographic images showing a Mach band effect. Three of them investigated the Mach band effect. Dental publications seldom covered the Mach band effect. When they covered it, most of them only mentioned it in the Discussion section without actually investigating it.

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A bibliometric evaluation of the impact of theories of consciousness in academia and on social media

Cited by 3 publications

References 26 publications

Self-organized criticality as a framework for consciousness: A review study

Self-organized criticality as a framework for consciousness: A review study

A comparative analysis of empirical theories of consciousness.

The Diagnostic Relevance and Interfaces Covered by Mach Band Effect in Dentistry: An Analysis of the Literature

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