Quantum information biology: from information interpretation of quantum mechanics to applications in molecular biology and cognitive psychology

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DOI10.1007/S10701-015-9929-YzbMATH Open1326.81034arXiv1503.02515OpenAlexW3104431579MaRDI QIDQ892937FDOQ892937


Authors: Masanari Asano, Irina Basieva, Masanori Ohya, Yoshiharu Tanaka, Ichiro Yamato, Andrei Khrennikov Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 12 November 2015

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We discuss foundational issues of quantum information biology (QIB) -- one of the most successful applications of the quantum formalism outside of physics. QIB provides a multi-scale model of information processing in bio-systems: from proteins and cells to cognitive and social systems. This theory has to be sharply distinguished from "traditional quantum biophysics". The latter is about quantum bio-physical processes, e.g., in cells or brains. QIB models the dynamics of information states of bio-systems. It is based on the quantum-like paradigm: complex bio-systems process information in accordance with the laws of quantum information and probability. This paradigm is supported by plenty of statistical bio-data collected at all scales, from molecular biology and genetics/epigenetics to cognitive psychology and behavioral economics. We argue that the information interpretation of quantum mechanics (its various forms were elaborated by Zeilinger and Brukner, Fuchs and Mermin, and D' Ariano) is the most natural interpretation of QIB. We also point out that QBIsm (Quantum Bayesianism) can serve to find a proper interpretation of bio-quantum probabilities. Biologically QIB is based on two principles: a) adaptivity; b) openness (bio-systems are fundamentally open). These principles are mathematically represented in the framework of a novel formalism -- quantum adaptive dynamics which, in particular, contains the standard theory of open quantum systems as a special case of adaptivity (to environment).


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.02515




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