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  • Neuroscience
  • Quantum Physics
  • Philosophy of Mind

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  • Classical physics struggles to explain consciousness and the mind-brain problem, failing to link neural activity to subjective experience.
  • The brain's complexity, based on neuronal networks and ion channels, doesn't inherently explain feelings or conscious states.
  • Consciousness remains elusive, posing a challenge for purely classical physical explanations of subjective experience and its influence on behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a quantum physics-based framework for understanding consciousness and the mind-brain problem.
  • To explain the origin of subjective, private conscious experiences using quantum information.
  • To redefine the observable brain in terms of quantum measurements and information theory.

Main Methods:

  • Applying principles of modern quantum physics, including Hilbert space, quantum states, and observables.
  • Utilizing quantum no-go theorems to frame quantum brain dynamics and physically admissible Hamiltonians.
  • Integrating quantum information theory to differentiate between unobservable quantum states (mind) and observable classical information (brain).

Main Results:

  • Consciousness is posited as unobservable quantum information integrated within quantum brain states.
  • This quantum framework explains the subjective privacy of conscious experiences.
  • The dynamic timescale of consciousness is linked to picosecond conformational transitions of neural biomolecules.

Conclusions:

  • Quantum information theory provides a robust physical foundation for consciousness research.
  • The observable brain is an objective construct derived from classical information obtained via quantum measurements.
  • This approach reconciles the unobservable mind with the observable brain, offering a novel perspective on their interaction.