TY - JOUR
T1 - Orchestrated reduction of quantum coherence in brain microtubules
T2 - A model for consciousness
AU - Hameroff, Stuart
AU - Penrose, Roger
N1 - Funding Information:
SH is partially supported by NSF Grant No. DMS-9114503. We are grateful to Alwyn Scott and Richard Hofstad. Artwork by Dave Cantrell, Biomedical Communications, University of Arizona. Dedicated to Burnell R. Brown Jr. MD, Ph.D. FRCA. Reprinted in: Toward a Science of Consciousness: The First Tucson Discussions and Debates, S. Hameroff, A. Kaszniak, A. Scott, eds. (MIT Press, Cambridge, 1996).
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Features of consciousness difficult to understand in terms of conventional neuroscience have evoked application of quantum theory, which describes the fundamental behavior of matter and energy. To approach the difficult properties of consciousness, Frohlich coherence, features of quantum theory and a physical phenomenon of quantum wave function self-collapse are applied to specific, essential structures within each neuron: Cytoskeletal microtubules.
AB - Features of consciousness difficult to understand in terms of conventional neuroscience have evoked application of quantum theory, which describes the fundamental behavior of matter and energy. To approach the difficult properties of consciousness, Frohlich coherence, features of quantum theory and a physical phenomenon of quantum wave function self-collapse are applied to specific, essential structures within each neuron: Cytoskeletal microtubules.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029180357
SN - 1210-0552
VL - 5
SP - 793
EP - 804
JO - Neural Network World
JF - Neural Network World
IS - 5
ER -