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	}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last1=Yasue \|first1=Kunio \|title=Quantum Monadology \|url=http://cognet.mit.edu/posters/TUCSON3/Yasue.html \|website=Toward a Science of Consciousness \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625024817/http://cognet.mit.edu/posters/TUCSON3/Yasue.html \|archivedate=June 25, 2014 }}</ref>		}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last1=Yasue \|first1=Kunio \|title=Quantum Monadology \|url=http://cognet.mit.edu/posters/TUCSON3/Yasue.html \|website=Toward a Science of Consciousness \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625024817/http://cognet.mit.edu/posters/TUCSON3/Yasue.html \|archivedate=June 25, 2014 }}</ref>

	Umezawa emphasizes that macroscopic and microscopic ordered states are both of quantum origin according to quantum field theory and points out the shortcomings of classical neuronal models in describing them.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Umezawa \|first1=Hiroomi \|title=Advanced Field Theory: Micro, Macro, and Thermal Physics \|publisher=American Institute of Physics Press \|year=1993 \|isbn=1-56396-456-2 \|language=en-us}}</ref> In 1981, theoretical exploration of the Ising model in yielded an exact solution on closed trees with arbitrary branching ratios greater than two, exhibiting an unusual phase transition in local-apex and long-range site-site correlations.<ref>{{cite thesis \|first=Peter F. \|last=Barth \| year=1981 \| title=Cooperativity and the Transition Behavior of Large Neural Nets \| pages=1–118 \| type= M.Sc. Thesis \| publisher= University of Vermont ~~\|oclc=8231704~~ }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Krizan \|first1=J. E. \|last2=Barth \|first2=P. F. ~~\|author-link2=Peter F. Barth~~ \|last3=Glasser \|first3=M. L. \|year=1983 \|title=Exact Phase Transitions for the Ising Model on the Closed Cayley Tree \|journal=Physica \|publisher=North-Holland Publishing Company \|volume=119A \|pages=230–242 \|doi=10.1016/0378-4371(83)90157-7}}</ref> This finding directly raises the possibility of multiple cooperative modes being present in ordering states long-range within neural networks and their constituents, with Barth cooperative effects of the closed tree Ising model (structurally and connectivity dependent, with critical point a function of branching ratio and site-to-site energies of interaction)<ref>{{cite thesis\|first=Peter F. \|last=~~Barth \| author-link=Peter F.~~ Barth \|year=1981 \| title=Cooperativity and the Transition Behavior of Large Neural Nets \| pages=58–59, 99 \| type= M.Sc. Thesis \| publisher= University of Vermont ~~\|oclc=8231704~~ }}</ref> and Umezawa ordering of states (less structure dependent and with significantly greater degrees of freedom)<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Umezawa \|first1=Hiroomi \|title=Advanced Field Theory: Micro, Macro, and Thermal Physics \|publisher=AIP (American Institute of Physics) Press\|year=1993 \|isbn=1563964562 }}</ref> independently or collectively guiding overall long-range macroscopic ordering often associated with higher cognitive functions in QBD.		Umezawa emphasizes that macroscopic and microscopic ordered states are both of quantum origin according to quantum field theory and points out the shortcomings of classical neuronal models in describing them.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Umezawa \|first1=Hiroomi \|title=Advanced Field Theory: Micro, Macro, and Thermal Physics \|publisher=American Institute of Physics Press \|year=1993 \|isbn=1-56396-456-2 \|language=en-us}}</ref> In 1981, theoretical exploration of the Ising model in yielded an exact solution on closed trees with arbitrary branching ratios greater than two, exhibiting an unusual phase transition in local-apex and long-range site-site correlations.<ref>{{cite thesis \|first=Peter F. \|last=Barth \| year=1981 \| title=Cooperativity and the Transition Behavior of Large Neural Nets \| pages=1–118 \| type= M.Sc. Thesis \| publisher= University of Vermont }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Krizan \|first1=J. E. \|last2=Barth \|first2=P. F. \|last3=Glasser \|first3=M. L. \|year=1983 \|title=Exact Phase Transitions for the Ising Model on the Closed Cayley Tree \|journal=Physica \|publisher=North-Holland Publishing Company \|volume=119A \|pages=230–242 \|doi=10.1016/0378-4371(83)90157-7}}</ref> This finding directly raises the possibility of multiple cooperative modes being present in ordering states long-range within neural networks and their constituents, with Barth cooperative effects of the closed tree Ising model (structurally and connectivity dependent, with critical point a function of branching ratio and site-to-site energies of interaction)<ref>{{cite thesis\|first=Peter F. \|last=Barth \|year=1981 \| title=Cooperativity and the Transition Behavior of Large Neural Nets \| pages=58–59, 99 \| type= M.Sc. Thesis \| publisher= University of Vermont }}</ref> and Umezawa ordering of states (less structure dependent and with significantly greater degrees of freedom)<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Umezawa \|first1=Hiroomi \|title=Advanced Field Theory: Micro, Macro, and Thermal Physics \|publisher=AIP (American Institute of Physics) Press\|year=1993 \|isbn=1563964562 }}</ref> independently or collectively guiding overall long-range macroscopic ordering often associated with higher cognitive functions in QBD.

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	}}</ref><ref name="Georgiev2017">{{cite book \|last=Georgiev \|first=Danko D. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OtRBDwAAQBAJ \|title=Quantum Information and Consciousness: A Gentle Introduction \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2017 \|isbn=9781138104488 \|location=Boca Raton, Florida \|language=en-us ~~\|oclc=1003273264~~}}</ref>		}}</ref><ref name="Georgiev2017">{{cite book \|last=Georgiev \|first=Danko D. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OtRBDwAAQBAJ \|title=Quantum Information and Consciousness: A Gentle Introduction \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2017 \|isbn=9781138104488 \|location=Boca Raton, Florida \|language=en-us }}</ref>

	===David Pearce===		===David Pearce===
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	==Further reading==		==Further reading==
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	* {{cite book \|last=Georgiev \|first=Danko D. \|title=Quantum Information and Consciousness: A Gentle Introduction \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2017 \|location=Boca Raton, Florida \|language=en-us \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OtRBDwAAQBAJ \|isbn=9781138104488 ~~\|oclc=1003273264~~}}		* {{cite book \|last=Georgiev \|first=Danko D. \|title=Quantum Information and Consciousness: A Gentle Introduction \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2017 \|location=Boca Raton, Florida \|language=en-us \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OtRBDwAAQBAJ \|isbn=9781138104488 }}
	* {{cite book \|first=David \|last=Hodgson \|title=The Mind Matters: Consciousness and Choice in a Quantum World \|url= \|year=1993 \|publisher=Clarendon Press \|isbn=978-0-19-824068-6 \|language=en}}		* {{cite book \|first=David \|last=Hodgson \|title=The Mind Matters: Consciousness and Choice in a Quantum World \|url= \|year=1993 \|publisher=Clarendon Press \|isbn=978-0-19-824068-6 \|language=en}}
	* {{cite journal \|last1=Koch \|first1=Christof \|last2=Hepp \|first2=Klaus \|title=Quantum mechanics in the brain \|journal=Nature \|year=2006 \|volume=440 \|issue=7084 \|pages=611–612 \|doi=10.1038/440611a \|pmid=16572152 \|bibcode=2006Natur.440..611K \|s2cid=5085015 \|doi-access=free}}		* {{cite journal \|last1=Koch \|first1=Christof \|last2=Hepp \|first2=Klaus \|title=Quantum mechanics in the brain \|journal=Nature \|year=2006 \|volume=440 \|issue=7084 \|pages=611–612 \|doi=10.1038/440611a \|pmid=16572152 \|bibcode=2006Natur.440..611K \|s2cid=5085015 \|doi-access=free}}

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	===Penrose and Hameroff===		===Penrose and Hameroff===

	~~{{main\|Philosophy:Orchestrated objective reduction}}~~
	Theoretical physicist [[Biography:Roger Penrose\|Roger Penrose]] and anaesthesiologist [[Biography:Stuart Hameroff\|Stuart Hameroff]] collaborated to produce the theory known as "orchestrated objective reduction" (Orch-OR). Penrose and Hameroff initially developed their ideas separately and later collaborated to produce Orch-OR in the early 1990s. They reviewed and updated their theory in 2013.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140116085105.htm \|title=Discovery of quantum vibrations in 'microtubules' inside brain neurons supports controversial theory of consciousness \|publisher=ScienceDaily \|date=2014-01-16 \|access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref><ref name="elsevier">{{cite web \|url=http://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/research-and-journals/discovery-of-quantum-vibrations-in-microtubules-inside-brain-neurons-corroborates-controversial-20-year-old-theory-of-consciousness \|title=Discovery of Quantum Vibrations in "Microtubules" Inside Brain Neurons Corroborates Controversial 20-Year-Old Theory of Consciousness \|publisher=Elsevier \|date=2014-01-16 \|access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref>		Theoretical physicist [[Biography:Roger Penrose\|Roger Penrose]] and anaesthesiologist [[Biography:Stuart Hameroff\|Stuart Hameroff]] collaborated to produce the theory known as "orchestrated objective reduction" (Orch-OR). Penrose and Hameroff initially developed their ideas separately and later collaborated to produce Orch-OR in the early 1990s. They reviewed and updated their theory in 2013.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140116085105.htm \|title=Discovery of quantum vibrations in 'microtubules' inside brain neurons supports controversial theory of consciousness \|publisher=ScienceDaily \|date=2014-01-16 \|access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref><ref name="elsevier">{{cite web \|url=http://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/research-and-journals/discovery-of-quantum-vibrations-in-microtubules-inside-brain-neurons-corroborates-controversial-20-year-old-theory-of-consciousness \|title=Discovery of Quantum Vibrations in "Microtubules" Inside Brain Neurons Corroborates Controversial 20-Year-Old Theory of Consciousness \|publisher=Elsevier \|date=2014-01-16 \|access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref>

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	Umezawa emphasizes that macroscopic and microscopic ordered states are both of quantum origin according to quantum field theory and points out the shortcomings of classical neuronal models in describing them.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Umezawa \|first1=Hiroomi \|title=Advanced Field Theory: Micro, Macro, and Thermal Physics \|publisher=American Institute of Physics Press \|year=1993 \|isbn=1-56396-456-2 \|language=en-us}}</ref> In 1981, theoretical exploration of the Ising model in ~~{{pslink\|Ising model\|Cayley tree topologies and large neural networks\|nopage=y}}~~ yielded an exact solution on closed trees with arbitrary branching ratios greater than two, exhibiting an unusual phase transition in local-apex and long-range site-site correlations.<ref>{{cite thesis \|first=Peter F. \|last=Barth \| year=1981 \| title=Cooperativity and the Transition Behavior of Large Neural Nets \| pages=1–118 \| type= M.Sc. Thesis \| publisher= University of Vermont \|oclc=8231704 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Krizan \|first1=J. E. \|last2=Barth \|first2=P. F. \|author-link2=Peter F. Barth \|last3=Glasser \|first3=M. L. \|year=1983 \|title=Exact Phase Transitions for the Ising Model on the Closed Cayley Tree \|journal=Physica \|publisher=North-Holland Publishing Company \|volume=119A \|pages=230–242 \|doi=10.1016/0378-4371(83)90157-7}}</ref> This finding directly raises the possibility of multiple cooperative modes being present in ordering states long-range within neural networks and their constituents, with Barth cooperative effects of the closed tree Ising model (structurally and connectivity dependent, with critical point a function of branching ratio and site-to-site energies of interaction)<ref>{{cite thesis\|first=Peter F. \|last=Barth \| author-link=Peter F. Barth \|year=1981 \| title=Cooperativity and the Transition Behavior of Large Neural Nets \| pages=58–59, 99 \| type= M.Sc. Thesis \| publisher= University of Vermont \|oclc=8231704 }}</ref> and Umezawa ordering of states (less structure dependent and with significantly greater degrees of freedom)<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Umezawa \|first1=Hiroomi \|title=Advanced Field Theory: Micro, Macro, and Thermal Physics \|publisher=AIP (American Institute of Physics) Press\|year=1993 \|isbn=1563964562 }}</ref> independently or collectively guiding overall long-range macroscopic ordering often associated with higher cognitive functions in QBD.		Umezawa emphasizes that macroscopic and microscopic ordered states are both of quantum origin according to quantum field theory and points out the shortcomings of classical neuronal models in describing them.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Umezawa \|first1=Hiroomi \|title=Advanced Field Theory: Micro, Macro, and Thermal Physics \|publisher=American Institute of Physics Press \|year=1993 \|isbn=1-56396-456-2 \|language=en-us}}</ref> In 1981, theoretical exploration of the Ising model in yielded an exact solution on closed trees with arbitrary branching ratios greater than two, exhibiting an unusual phase transition in local-apex and long-range site-site correlations.<ref>{{cite thesis \|first=Peter F. \|last=Barth \| year=1981 \| title=Cooperativity and the Transition Behavior of Large Neural Nets \| pages=1–118 \| type= M.Sc. Thesis \| publisher= University of Vermont \|oclc=8231704 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Krizan \|first1=J. E. \|last2=Barth \|first2=P. F. \|author-link2=Peter F. Barth \|last3=Glasser \|first3=M. L. \|year=1983 \|title=Exact Phase Transitions for the Ising Model on the Closed Cayley Tree \|journal=Physica \|publisher=North-Holland Publishing Company \|volume=119A \|pages=230–242 \|doi=10.1016/0378-4371(83)90157-7}}</ref> This finding directly raises the possibility of multiple cooperative modes being present in ordering states long-range within neural networks and their constituents, with Barth cooperative effects of the closed tree Ising model (structurally and connectivity dependent, with critical point a function of branching ratio and site-to-site energies of interaction)<ref>{{cite thesis\|first=Peter F. \|last=Barth \| author-link=Peter F. Barth \|year=1981 \| title=Cooperativity and the Transition Behavior of Large Neural Nets \| pages=58–59, 99 \| type= M.Sc. Thesis \| publisher= University of Vermont \|oclc=8231704 }}</ref> and Umezawa ordering of states (less structure dependent and with significantly greater degrees of freedom)<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Umezawa \|first1=Hiroomi \|title=Advanced Field Theory: Micro, Macro, and Thermal Physics \|publisher=AIP (American Institute of Physics) Press\|year=1993 \|isbn=1563964562 }}</ref> independently or collectively guiding overall long-range macroscopic ordering often associated with higher cognitive functions in QBD.

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	[[Biography:Henry Stapp\|Henry Stapp]] proposed that quantum waves are reduced only when they interact with consciousness. He argues from the {{clarify span\|orthodox quantum mechanics of [[Biography:John von Neumann\|John von Neumann]]\|"Orthodox" usually means Copenhagen interpretation, but von Neumann and Wigner developed their own, with "consciousness causes collapse". Which one is implied here?\|date=June 2021}} that the quantum state collapses when the observer selects one among the alternative quantum possibilities as a basis for future action. The collapse, therefore, takes place in the expectation that the observer associated with the state. Stapp's work drew criticism from scientists such as David Bourget and Danko Georgiev.<ref name=Bourget>		[[Biography:Henry Stapp\|Henry Stapp]] proposed that quantum waves are reduced only when they interact with consciousness. He argues from the that the quantum state collapses when the observer selects one among the alternative quantum possibilities as a basis for future action. The collapse, therefore, takes place in the expectation that the observer associated with the state. Stapp's work drew criticism from scientists such as David Bourget and Danko Georgiev.<ref name=Bourget>
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	===Experiments===		===Experiments===
	In 2022, neuroscientists reported experimental MRI results that so far appear to imply nuclear proton spins of bulk water in the brains of human participants were entangled, suggesting brain functions that operate non-classically which may support quantum mechanisms being involved in consciousness as the signal pattern declined when human participants fell asleep. However, the results are far from unambiguous and if such brain functions indeed exist and are involved in conscious cognition, the extent and nature of their involvement in consciousness remains unknown.~~{{Explain\|date=December 2022}}~~<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Firtina \|first1=Nergis \|date=20 October 2022 \|title=Our brains could use quantum computation – here's how \|work=interestingengineering.com \|url=https://interestingengineering.com/science/brain-quantum-computation-consciousness \|access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Kerskens \|first1=Christian Matthias \|last2=López Pérez \|first2=David \|title=Experimental indications of non-classical brain functions \|journal=Journal of Physics Communications \|date=1 October 2022 \|volume=6 \|issue=10 \|pages=105001 \|doi=10.1088/2399-6528/ac94be \|bibcode=2022JPhCo...6j5001K \|language=en \|issn=2399-6528\|doi-access=free\|arxiv=1806.07998 }}</ref>		In 2022, neuroscientists reported experimental MRI results that so far appear to imply nuclear proton spins of bulk water in the brains of human participants were entangled, suggesting brain functions that operate non-classically which may support quantum mechanisms being involved in consciousness as the signal pattern declined when human participants fell asleep. However, the results are far from unambiguous and if such brain functions indeed exist and are involved in conscious cognition, the extent and nature of their involvement in consciousness remains unknown.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Firtina \|first1=Nergis \|date=20 October 2022 \|title=Our brains could use quantum computation – here's how \|work=interestingengineering.com \|url=https://interestingengineering.com/science/brain-quantum-computation-consciousness \|access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Kerskens \|first1=Christian Matthias \|last2=López Pérez \|first2=David \|title=Experimental indications of non-classical brain functions \|journal=Journal of Physics Communications \|date=1 October 2022 \|volume=6 \|issue=10 \|pages=105001 \|doi=10.1088/2399-6528/ac94be \|bibcode=2022JPhCo...6j5001K \|language=en \|issn=2399-6528\|doi-access=free\|arxiv=1806.07998 }}</ref>

	==Criticism==		==Criticism==
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	* {{cite book \|last=Georgiev \|first=Danko D. \|title=Quantum Information and Consciousness: A Gentle Introduction \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2017 \|location=Boca Raton, Florida \|language=en-us \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OtRBDwAAQBAJ \|isbn=9781138104488 \|oclc=1003273264}}		* {{cite book \|last=Georgiev \|first=Danko D. \|title=Quantum Information and Consciousness: A Gentle Introduction \|publisher=CRC Press \|year=2017 \|location=Boca Raton, Florida \|language=en-us \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OtRBDwAAQBAJ \|isbn=9781138104488 \|oclc=1003273264}}
	* {{cite book \|first=David \|last=Hodgson \|title=The Mind Matters: Consciousness and Choice in a Quantum World \|url=~~{{google books \|plainurl=y \|id=wrvAQgAACAAJ}}~~ \|year=1993 \|publisher=Clarendon Press \|isbn=978-0-19-824068-6 \|language=en}}		* {{cite book \|first=David \|last=Hodgson \|title=The Mind Matters: Consciousness and Choice in a Quantum World \|url= \|year=1993 \|publisher=Clarendon Press \|isbn=978-0-19-824068-6 \|language=en}}
	* {{cite journal \|last1=Koch \|first1=Christof \|last2=Hepp \|first2=Klaus \|title=Quantum mechanics in the brain \|journal=Nature \|year=2006 \|volume=440 \|issue=7084 \|pages=611–612 \|doi=10.1038/440611a \|pmid=16572152 \|bibcode=2006Natur.440..611K \|s2cid=5085015 \|doi-access=free}}		* {{cite journal \|last1=Koch \|first1=Christof \|last2=Hepp \|first2=Klaus \|title=Quantum mechanics in the brain \|journal=Nature \|year=2006 \|volume=440 \|issue=7084 \|pages=611–612 \|doi=10.1038/440611a \|pmid=16572152 \|bibcode=2006Natur.440..611K \|s2cid=5085015 \|doi-access=free}}
	* {{cite journal \|last1=Litt \|first1=Abninder \|last2=Eliasmith \|first2=Chris \|last3=Kroon \|first3=Frederick W. \|last4=Weinstein \|first4=Steven \|last5=Thagard \|first5=Paul \|title=Is the brain a quantum computer? \|journal=Cognitive Science \|year=2006 \|volume=30 \|issue=3 \|pages=593–603 \|url=http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~celiasmi/Papers/litt%20et%20al.2006.quantum%20brain.cogsci.pdf \|doi=10.1207/s15516709cog0000_59 \|pmid=21702826 \|doi-access=free}}		* {{cite journal \|last1=Litt \|first1=Abninder \|last2=Eliasmith \|first2=Chris \|last3=Kroon \|first3=Frederick W. \|last4=Weinstein \|first4=Steven \|last5=Thagard \|first5=Paul \|title=Is the brain a quantum computer? \|journal=Cognitive Science \|year=2006 \|volume=30 \|issue=3 \|pages=593–603 \|url=http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~celiasmi/Papers/litt%20et%20al.2006.quantum%20brain.cogsci.pdf \|doi=10.1207/s15516709cog0000_59 \|pmid=21702826 \|doi-access=free}}
	* {{cite book \|title=Mind, Brain, and the Quantum: The Compound 'I' \|first=Michael \|last=Lockwood \|url=~~{{google books \|plainurl=y \|id=wUducgAACAAJ}}~~ \|year=1995 \|language=en \|publisher=Basil Blackwell}}		* {{cite book \|title=Mind, Brain, and the Quantum: The Compound 'I' \|first=Michael \|last=Lockwood \|url= \|year=1995 \|language=en \|publisher=Basil Blackwell}}
	* [[Biography:Johnjoe McFadden\|McFadden, Johnjoe]] (2000) [http://www.surrey.ac.uk/qe/quantumevolution.htm ''Quantum Evolution''] HarperCollins. {{ISBN\|0-00-255948-X}}; {{ISBN\|0-00-655128-9}} . Final chapter on the quantum mind.		* [[Biography:Johnjoe McFadden\|McFadden, Johnjoe]] (2000) [http://www.surrey.ac.uk/qe/quantumevolution.htm ''Quantum Evolution''] HarperCollins. {{ISBN\|0-00-255948-X}}; {{ISBN\|0-00-655128-9}} . Final chapter on the quantum mind.
	* {{cite magazine \|title=Can quantum hints in the brain revive a radical consciousness theory? \|first=George \|last=Musser \|date=17 January 2024 \|magazine=New Scientist \|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134740-800-can-quantum-hints-in-the-brain-revive-a-radical-consciousness-theory/ \|access-date=2024-01-19}}		* {{cite magazine \|title=Can quantum hints in the brain revive a radical consciousness theory? \|first=George \|last=Musser \|date=17 January 2024 \|magazine=New Scientist \|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134740-800-can-quantum-hints-in-the-brain-revive-a-radical-consciousness-theory/ \|access-date=2024-01-19}}
	* {{cite book \|title=Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness \|first1=Bruce \|last1=Rosenblum \|first2=Fred \|last2=Kuttner \|edition=2nd \|language=en-uk \|year=2011 \|url=http://quantumenigma.com/ \|isbn=9780199753819 \|publisher=Oxford University Press}}		* {{cite book \|title=Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness \|first1=Bruce \|last1=Rosenblum \|first2=Fred \|last2=Kuttner \|edition=2nd \|language=en-uk \|year=2011 \|url=http://quantumenigma.com/ \|isbn=9780199753819 \|publisher=Oxford University Press}}
	* {{cite book \|last=Schrödinger \|first=Erwin \|title=What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|series=Canto Classics \|year=2012 \|location=Cambridge \|language=en \|url=https://archive.org/download/WhatIsLife_201708/What%20is%20Life.pdf \|isbn=978-1107604667}}		* {{cite book \|last=Schrödinger \|first=Erwin \|title=What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|series=Canto Classics \|year=2012 \|location=Cambridge \|language=en \|url=https://archive.org/download/WhatIsLife_201708/What%20is%20Life.pdf \|isbn=978-1107604667}}
	* {{cite book \|first=Hermann \|last=Weyl \|title=Mind and Nature \|url=~~{{google books \|plainurl=y \|id=Sw_WcQAACAAJ}}~~ \|year=1934 \|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press \|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania \|language=en-us}}		* {{cite book \|first=Hermann \|last=Weyl \|title=Mind and Nature \|url= \|year=1934 \|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press \|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania \|language=en-us}}
	* {{cite journal \|last1=Wigner \|first1=Eugene P. \|title=Physics and the explanation of life \|journal=Foundations of Physics \|year=1970 \|volume=1 \|issue=1 \|pages=35–45 \|doi=10.1007/bf00708653 \|bibcode=1970FoPh....1...35W \|s2cid=121081834}}		* {{cite journal \|last1=Wigner \|first1=Eugene P. \|title=Physics and the explanation of life \|journal=Foundations of Physics \|year=1970 \|volume=1 \|issue=1 \|pages=35–45 \|doi=10.1007/bf00708653 \|bibcode=1970FoPh....1...35W \|s2cid=121081834}}
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	* [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-consciousness/ Quantum Approaches to Consciousness], entry in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy		* [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-consciousness/ Quantum Approaches to Consciousness], entry in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
	* [http://www.quantum-mind.co.uk/ Quantum-Mind], founded by Simon Raggett		* [http://www.quantum-mind.co.uk/ Quantum-Mind], founded by Simon Raggett
	~~{{Roger Penrose}}~~

	~~[[Category:Quantum mind\| ]]~~
	~~[[Category:Fringe science]]~~
	~~[[Category:Quantum mechanics]]~~
	~~[[Category:Theory of mind]]~~

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 While quantum effects are significant in the physiology of the brain, critics of quantum mind hypotheses challenge whether the effects of known or speculated quantum phenomena in biology scale up to have significance in neuronal computation, much less the emergence of consciousness as phenomenon. Daniel Dennett said, "Quantum effects are there in your car, your watch, and your computer. But most things—most macroscopic objects—are, as it were, oblivious to quantum effects. They don't amplify them; they don't hinge on them."<ref name="Penroseedge"/>
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 The '''quantum mind''' or '''quantum consciousness''' is a group of hypotheses proposing that local physical laws and interactions from [[Physics:Classical mechanics|classical mechanics]] or connections between neurons alone cannot explain [[Philosophy:Consciousness|consciousness]],<ref name="Quantum Approaches to Consciousness">{{cite web|url=http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-consciousness/|title=Quantum Approaches to Consciousness|publisher=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|orig-year=First published Tue Nov 30, 2004 |date=May 19, 2011}}</ref> positing instead that [[Physics:Quantum mechanical|quantum-mechanical]] phenomena, such as [[Quantum entanglement|entanglement]] and [[Physics:Quantum superposition|superposition]] that cause nonlocalized quantum effects, interacting in smaller features of the brain than cells, may play an important part in the brain's function and could explain critical aspects of consciousness. These scientific hypotheses are as yet unvalidated, and they can overlap with [[Physics:Quantum mysticism|quantum mysticism]].
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