Quantum theory and the brain

DOI10.1098/RSPA.1990.0004MaRDI QIDQ3496193zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Matthew J. Donald

Publication date 1990

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1990.0004

zbMATH Keywords

consciousnesshuman brainInformation processingquantum switchrandom fluctuationssodium channel proteinsunpredictability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Applications of quantum theory to specific physical systems (81V99) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to biology (92-02) Neural biology (92C20)

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