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Biofield in neural communication: A review and conceptual framework
Pavel Pospíšil1, Ankush Prasad1
1Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 779 00, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
|February 22, 2026
Summary
The brain
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Quantum Physics
- Biophysics
Background:
- The brain utilizes chemical and electrical signaling for neural communication.
- Neurons and nervous tissue emit ultraweak photons, known as biophotons.
- Quantum field theory suggests photons mediate interactions between particles.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the hypothesis that the brain biofield, via biophotons, mediates ultrafast neural communication.
- To investigate the potential role of quantum properties of photons in neural information processing.
- To assess the feasibility of biophoton-mediated communication in the brain.
Main Methods:
- Review of quantum field theory principles applied to biological systems.
- Discussion of experimental evidence for biophoton emission from neural tissue.
- Analysis of quantum properties (superposition, coherence, entanglement) for communication.
Main Results:
- Biophotons could potentially mediate interactions between neurons at the speed of light.
- Quantum properties of photons may offer a basis for biophoton-mediated communication.
- Experimental demonstration of quantum state formation and detection in neural tissue is lacking.
Conclusions:
- Biophoton-mediated communication in the brain is currently hypothetical.
- Significant experimental investigation is required to validate this communication mechanism.
- Advances in biophoton detection offer future research opportunities in neural communication.
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