# Consciousness Between Sleep and Dream by Giulio Tononi
> "Consciousness is what disappears every night when we fall into dreamless sleep and reappears when we wake up or dream."
> **— Giulio Tononi**, *Integrated Information Theory talks and writings, wording candidate*
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## Related Topics
- [[wiki/Consciousness|Consciousness]]
- [[wiki/Consciousness Indicators|Consciousness Indicators]]
- [[wiki/Machine Consciousness|Machine Consciousness]]
- [[wiki/Hard Problem of Consciousness|Hard Problem of Consciousness]]
- [[wiki/Digital Minds|Digital Minds]]
- [[wiki/Artificial Consciousness|Artificial Consciousness]]
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