Scientist II
Biography
I am a Scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. I do research in philosophy and computational neuroscience. In my research I contribute to the development of Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and its application to the study of consciousness.
Research Interests: Philosophy of mind, Metaphysics, Computational Neuroscience, Artificial neural networks, Consciousness, Causation, Phenomenal experience, Panpsychism, Concepts, Free Will, Artificial consciousness.
Selected Publications
Tononi G, Albantakis L, Barbosa L, Boly M, Cirelli C, Comolatti R, Ellia F, Findlay G, Casali AG, Grasso M, Haun AM (2025) Consciousness or pseudo-consciousness? A clash of two paradigms. Nature Neuroscience, 28:694–702. doi: 10.1038/s41593-025-01880-y
Albantakis L, Barbosa LS, Findlay G, Grasso M, Haun AM, Marshall W, Mayner WGP, Zaeemzadeh A, Boly M, Juel BE, Sasai S, Fujii K, David I, Hendren J, Lang JP, Tononi G (2023) Integrated information theory (IIT) 4.0: Formulating the properties of phenomenal existence in physical terms. PLoS Computational Biology, 19 (10): e1011465. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011465
Marshall W, Grasso M, Mayner WGP, Zaeemzadeh A, Barbosa LS, Chastain E, Findlay G, Sasai S, Albantakis L and Tononi G (2023) System Integrated Information. Entropy, 25 (2): 334. doi: 10.3390/e25020334
Ellia F, Hendren J, Grasso M, Kozma C, Mindt G, Lang JP, Haun A, Albantakis L, Boly M and Tononi G (2021) Consciousness and the fallacy of misplaced objectivity. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2021(2). doi: 10.1093/nc/niab032
Grasso* M, Albantakis* L, Lang JP, Tononi G (2021) Causal reductionism and causal structures. Nature Neuroscience, 24: 1348-1355. doi: 10.1038/s41593-021-00911-8
Grasso M, Haun A and Tononi G (2021) Of maps and grids. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 7(2): 1-10. doi: 10.1093/nc/niab022
Marmodoro, A., & Grasso, M. (2020). The power of color. American Philosophical Quarterly, 57 (1), 65-78.
Grasso, M. (2019). IIT vs. Russellian Monism: A Metaphysical Showdown on the Content of Experience. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 26(1-2), 48-75.
Bucci, A. & Grasso, M. (2017). Sleep and dreaming in the Predictive Processing framework. In Philosophy and Predictive Processing. Metzinger, T. & Wiese, W. (eds.), Frankfurt am Main: MIND Group.