Theory: electromagnetic waves mediate reciprocal interactions between the brain, consciousness and the mind in the...

The knowledge used by consciousness and the mind to make decisions depends on information acquired from our senses. The information from each sense is encoded in action potentials (APs), so how is information transformed into knowledge? Consider a situation in which you decide to bear the pain of holding onto a hot cup because the cup is valuable. The decision depends on assessing the value of the goal and the reward for bearing the pain and it involves APs that activate circuits in the prefrontal cortex, the anterior cingulate cortex, the insula cortex, and the amygdala. Each circuit contributes unique information to making the decision, yet nothing about the electrophysiological or molecular events in these circuits explains the source of the knowledge that is the basis of the decision. However, the activation of each circuit also generates electromagnetic (EM) waves and evidence presented supports a theory that the information in APs is transformed into EM waves and that it is the integration of the waves from each circuit that results in the knowledge that is used to make the decision to bear the pain. Furthermore, it is proposed that the movements involved in saving the cup derive from communication between the mind and circuits in the cortex. Thus, making decisions depends on a collaboration between the brain, consciousness and the mind in which EM waves are an intermediary. This upends the traditional view of brain functions and provides new approaches to understanding the nature of consciousness and the mind.