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English: "What are the main dimensions of variation we can investigate? What do we currently know about those dimensions? What future work would help us learn more about them? Our aim here is to propose a multidimensional framework for thinking about animal consciousness. We will highlight five significant dimensions of variation: perceptual richness (p-richness), evaluative richness (e-richness), integration at a time (unity) and across time (temporality), and self-consciousness (selfhood). For each dimension, we will briefly review existing evidence that bears on that dimension and we will propose future work that could help us rank a given species along that dimension (Figure 1, Key Figure). We will then consider some of the challenges for a multidimensional framework. We turn now to our five dimensions.

These hypothetical profiles highlight six important dimensions of variation, with p-richness represented separately for vision and touch. These are not finished, evidence-based profiles: they are conjectures based on current evidence. A key goal for animal consciousness research should be to produce a much richer evidence base for the construction of consciousness profiles and more precise ways of measuring the dimensions. Abbreviations: p-richness, perceptual richness; e-richness, evaluative richness."

Also see the study in en:2023 in science#February (21 February)