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Is the mind-body interface microscopic?

O E Rössler1, R Rössler

  • 1Division of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany.

Theoretical Medicine
|June 1, 1993
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This study explores consciousness's link to matter, suggesting a finer connection than previously thought. New physics approaches, like endophysics and artificial universes, offer experimental avenues to investigate this mind-body interface.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Quantum Physics
  • Philosophy of Mind

Background:

  • Traditional Cartesian dualism posits a separation between mind and body.
  • Advances in neurobiology reveal the nervous system's complexity, from macroscopic function to individual ion channels.
  • Quantum mechanics challenges the notion of infinitely fine-grained physical interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel hypothesis for the mind-body connection, suggesting a more intricate link between consciousness and matter.
  • To explore how quantum mechanics and biophysics inform the resolution limits of this connection.
  • To introduce endophysics and artificial universe simulations as tools for investigating consciousness.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing endophysics to simulate chemical and biophysical processes within an 'artificial universe'.

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  • Investigating non-classical and nonlocal effects at the interface between an internal observer ('fluid neuron') and the simulated environment.
  • Proposing psychophysical (closed-loop) magnetic resonance imaging experiments analogous to those in the artificial world.

    • Main Results:

    • The artificial universe simulation reveals an interface finer than any previously identified brain property.
    • Non-classical and nonlocal effects emerge from the simulation's internal observer-world interaction.
    • The study opens possibilities for new experimental paradigms to probe the mind-body link.

    Conclusions:

    • Consciousness may be linked to matter at a much finer resolution than currently understood.
    • Endophysics and artificial simulations provide a novel framework for studying the physical basis of consciousness.
    • Psychophysical closed-loop experiments, inspired by simulations, could reveal microscopic changes related to conscious perception.