  Panpsychism is a solution to the mind-body problem that presumes that
consciousness is a fundamental aspect of reality instead of a product or
consequence of physical processes (i.e., brain activity). Panpsychism is an
elegant solution to the mind-body problem: it effectively rids itself of the
explanatory gap materialist theories of consciousness suffer from. However,
many theorists and experimentalists doubt panpsychism can ever be successful as
a scientific theory, as it cannot be empirically verified or falsified. In this
paper, I present a panpsychist model based on the controversial idea that
consciousness may be a so called higher physical dimension. Although this
notion seems outrageous, I show that the idea has surprising explanatory power,
even though the model (as most models) is most likely wrong. Most importantly,
though, it results in a panpsychist model that yields predictions that can be
empirically verified or falsified. As such, the model's main purpose is to
serve as an example how a metaphysical model of consciousness can be specified
in such a way that they can be tested in a scientifically rigorous way.
