Angus Leung

Angus Leung is a Research Fellow at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, specializing in theoretical and experimental investigations of consciousness through integrated information theory. His work bridges computational neuroscience, anesthesiology, and social cognition.

His research portfolio emphasizes:

• Quantitative modeling of consciousness using integrated information frameworks
• Neural correlates of anesthesia-induced unconsciousness in Drosophila models
• Information integration dynamics during altered states of consciousness
• Interbrain synchrony in collective cognitive states like team flow
• Temporal scaling properties of neural information processing
• Critical evaluation of theoretical consciousness models

Recent publications (2020-2023) reveal a cohesive trajectory examining information integration collapse under anesthesia, macro-timescale emergence in neural data, and social neuroscience applications. His 2023 review critically dissects weak integrated information theory, while 2021 studies demonstrate anesthesia-induced structural breakdown in fruit flies and identify team flow as a distinct neurocognitive state with enhanced information integration. These works exhibit methodological diversity spanning computational modeling, electrophysiology, and human social experiments.