Mathematical & computational models
Formal structure, derivations, inference, simulation, dynamical systems, geometry, and causal models.
CONSCIOUSNESS SCIENCE · A FIELD ATLAS JOURNAL
Consciousness:
Models & Mechanisms
A journal of mathematical theory,
computation, and experiment.
COMPUTATION & EXPERIMENT
CMM is a journal of mathematical theory, computation, and experiment on conscious experience and its mechanisms. Explicit mathematical and computational models form its organizing principle. We publish model construction, analysis, and comparison, and empirical studies that test models, constrain their parameters, or distinguish their predictions.
A contribution should make the explanatory target precise, state its assumptions, and show how a model connects to observables. New mathematics is not required in every paper; every paper must advance explicit models or the evidence by which they can be assessed. Competing frameworks are welcome. No single theory of consciousness defines the journal’s scope.
Read the full scope →RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
From formal structure
to discriminating evidence.
Measurement & identification
Psychophysics, latent constructs, operational definitions, calibration, uncertainty, and identifiability.
Mechanisms across scales
Neural and cognitive architectures, recurrence, access, metacognition, embodiment, and causal control.
Experiments that discriminate
Quantitative predictions, model comparison, perturbation, replication, and tests of explanatory limits.
02 / CURRENT ISSUE
The first issue.
CMM01FIRST ISSUE
IN PREPARATIONA new venue for
A new venue for
model-driven research.
The first issue has no published articles yet. Accepted papers and their review records will appear here when the journal launches.
View the current issue →03 / THE EDITORIAL MODEL
Frontier AI scrutiny.
Human editorial judgment.
CMM is being built around iterative, AI-based scientific review with documented author responses and human verification. The protocol is in development; its performance will be evaluated before review begins.
Examine
Distinct AI review passes scrutinize claims, sources, mathematics, methods, and the relationship between models and evidence.
Challenge & revise
Authors receive explicit objections and respond point by point. Revisions are checked against the original questions.
Verify & adjudicate
Acting editors check consequential findings, assess the response, and resolve disputes. Human editorial judgment determines the decision.
Publish with a record
The intended publication record documents review rounds, substantive changes, and the contributions of AI systems and human editors.
FOR AUTHORS
Bring your model into focus.
Read the author guide, prepare your files, and explore the submission portal.