Quasi-Quantum Computing in the Brain?

Max Tegmark

Alfredo Pereira

The quantum theory of mind allows a shift from the Mind/Brain metaphysical problem to the Quantum Mind/Classical Brain scientific problem: how could systematic and coherent quantum processes - assumed to be the physical support of our conscious experiences - occur in a macroscopic system as the brain? I discuss a solution based on a neurobiological model that attributes to quantum computation in intra-neuronal signal-transduction pathways the role of directly supporting phenomenal experience. In this model, quantum coherence is created or prepared by classical mechanisms as recurrent neuronal networks, oscillatory synchrony and gated membrane channels, thus avoiding common theoretical constraints for the existence of quantum communication and computation, as ultra-cold temperatures and quasi-isolation from the environment.

Alfredo Pereira

The quantum theory of mind allows a shift from the Mind/Brain metaphysical problem to the Quantum Mind/Classical Brain scientific problem: how could systematic and coherent quantum processes - assumed to be the physical support of our conscious experiences - occur in a macroscopic system as the brain? I discuss a solution based on a neurobiological model that attributes to quantum computation in intra -neuronal protein networks the role of directly supporting phenomenal experience. In this model, quantum coherence is created or prepared by classical mechanisms as recurrent neuronal networks, oscillatory synchrony and gated membrane channels, thus avoiding common theoretical constraints for the existence of quantum communication and computation (ultra-cold temperatures and quasi-isolation from the environment).

Max Tegmark

Dandan Huang, Mei Wang, Jian‐Ping Wang +1 more

In recent years, researchers have paid more attention to the hybrid applications of quantum computing and brain-computer interfaces. With the development of neural technology and artificial intelligence, scientists have become more and more researching brain-computer interface, and the application of brain-computer interface technology to more fields has gradually become the focus of research. While the field of brain-computer interface has evolved rapidly over the past decades, the core technologies and innovative ideas behind seemingly unrelated brain-computer interface systems are rarely summarized from the point of integration with quantum. This paper provides a detailed report on the hybrid applications of quantum computing and brain-computer interface, indicates the current problems, and gives suggestions on the hybrid application research direction.