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2014, Physics of Life Reviews
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Quantum computation in brain microtubules? The Penrose–Hameroff ‘Orch OR‘ model of consciousness1998 •
International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology
A breakthrough in neuroscience needs a "Nebulous Cartesian System" Oscillations, quantum dynamics and chaos in the brain and vegetative system2007 •
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
The Easy Part of the Hard Problem: A Resonance Theory of Consciousness2019 •
Synchronization, harmonization, vibrations, or simply resonance in its most general sense seems to have an integral relationship with consciousness itself. One of the possible "neural correlates of consciousness" in mammalian brains is a specific combination of gamma, beta and theta electrical synchrony. More broadly, we see similar kinds of resonance patterns in living and non-living structures of many types. What clues can resonance provide about the nature of consciousness more generally? This paper provides an overview of resonating structures in the fields of neuroscience, biology and physics and offers a possible solution to what we see as the "easy part" of the "Hard Problem" of consciousness, which is generally known as the "combination problem." The combination problem asks: how do micro-conscious entities combine into a higher-level macro-consciousness? The proposed solution in the context of mammalian consciousness suggests that a shared resonance is what allows different parts of the brain to achieve a phase transition in the speed and bandwidth of information flows between the constituent parts. This phase transition allows for richer varieties of consciousness to arise, with the character and content of that consciousness in each moment determined by the particular set of constituent neurons. We also offer more general insights into the ontology of consciousness and suggest that consciousness manifests as a continuum of increasing richness in all physical processes, distinguishing our view from emergentist materialism. We refer to this approach, a meta-synthesis, as a (general) resonance theory of consciousness. We offer some suggestions for testing the theory.
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In recent years, so-called "quantum theories of consciousness" become popular. Most of them suggest that human phenomenal consciousness (and "self") may be associated with macroscopic collective quantum phenomenon such as Bose-Einstein condensate. Macroscopic quantum system behaves, in some sense, like a single huge super-particle, and this seem to solve the problem of the unity of consciousness. These ideas are, however, not in a good agreement with contemporary physics. The ability of "quantum theories of consciousness" to explain correctly the unity of consciousness also seems questionable to some authors. In this paper we suggest a radical alternative: we argue that human consciousness may be a property of single electron in the brain. We suppose that each electron in the universe has at least primitive consciousness. Each electron subjectively "observes" its quantum dynamics (energy, momentum, "shape" of wave function) in the form of sensations and other mental phenomena. However, some electrons in neural cells have complex "human" consciousnesses due to complex quantum dynamics in complex organic environment. We discuss neurophysiological and physical aspects of this hypothesis and show that: (1) single chemically active electron has enough informational capacity to "contain" the richness of human subjective experience; (2) quantum states of some electrons might be directly influenced by human sensory data and have direct influence upon human behavior in real brain; (3) main physical and philosophical drawbacks of "conventional" "quantum theories of consciousness" may be solved by our hypothesis without much changes in their conceptual basis. We do not suggest any "new physics", and our neuroscientific assumptions are similar to those used by other proponents of "quantum consciousness". However, our hypothesis suggests radical changes in our view on human and physical reality.
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
Time Is of the Essence: Neural Codes, Synchronies, Oscillations, Architectures2022 •
International Journal of Modern Physics C
Brain Neurons as Quantum Computers2003 •
The question: whether quantum coherent states can sustain decoherence, heating and dissipation over time scales comparable to the dynamical timescales of the brain neurons, is actively discussed in the last years. Positive answer on this question is crucial, in particular, for consideration of brain neurons as quantum computers. This discussion was mainly based on theoretical arguments. In present paper nonlinear statistical properties of the Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) of genetically depressive limbic brain are studied {\it in vivo} on the Flinders Sensitive Line of rats (FSL). VTA plays a key role in generation of pleasure and in development of psychological drug addiction. We found that the FSL VTA (dopaminergic) neuron signals exhibit multifractal properties for interspike frequencies on the scales where healthy VTA dopaminergic neurons exhibit bursting activity. For high moments the observed multifractal (generalized dimensions) spectrum coincides with the generalized dimensions spectrum calculated for a spectral measure of a {\it quantum} system (so-called kicked Harper model, actively used as a model of quantum chaos). This observation can be considered as a first experimental ({\it in vivo}) indication in the favour of the quantum (at least partially) nature of the brain neurons activity.
Nature, cognition and system II
The measurement problem in physics, computation, and brain theories1992 •
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Indonesian Journal of Chemistry
STUDY ON THE SYNTHESIS OF MONOLAURIN AS ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT AGAINTS Staphylococcus aureus2010 •
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A falta de limites entre o público e o privado: as características do patrimonialismo no II Reinado nos contos "Teoria do Medalhão" (1882) e "Fulano" (1884), de Machado de Assis
A FALTA DE LIMITES ENTRE O PÚBLICO E O PRIVADO: AS CARACTERÍSTICAS DO PATRIMONIALISMO2018 •
Gambar Cangkir Enamel
Cangkir kopi hitam putih pabrik gelas enamel surabaya 631e9f4c14f3f2017 •
Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences
Conundrum of bureaucratic processes and healthcare service delivery in government hospitals in Nigeria2020 •
Transplantation Proceedings
Is a High Body Mass Index Still a Risk Factor for Complications of Donor Nephrectomy?2015 •
Revista aSEPHallus de Orientação Lacaniana
O rosto carrancudo da guerra tem as rugas suavizadas2018 •
Indivisa: Boletin de Estudios e Investigación
III Seminario profesional de Educación Social sobre Absentismo Escolar y Educación Social2016 •
The International Journal of Higher Education
Teaching the Creation of Batik Motifs to Foreign Students through Distance Learning2021 •
BMC Medical Genetics
A 5.8 Mb interstitial deletion on chromosome Xq21.1 in a boy with intellectual disability, cleft palate, hearing impairment and combined growth hormone deficiency2015 •
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Computational Management Science
Optimal strategies with option compensation under mean reverting returns or volatilities2017 •
Health science journal
ปัจจัยทำนายความตั้งใจที่จะรายงานความคลาดเคลื่อนทางยาของนักศึกษาพยาบาล Predictive Factors of Intention to Report Medication Errors among Nursing Students2021 •
Small Business Economics
The persistence of family firms: How does performance threshold affect family firm exit?2021 •
Revista De Chimie
Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty vs Total Arthroplasty of the Patients with Aseptic Necrosis of the Femoral Head - 20 year retrospective study2018 •
International Organizations and States’ Response to COVID-19
Protection of Fundamental Human Rights During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Latvia2021 •