Quantum mechanics, chaos and the conscious brain

Journal/Book: J Mind Behav. 1997; 18: PO Box 522, Village Station, New York, NY 10014. Inst Mind Behavior Inc. 155-170.

Abstract: A model is described in which subjective consciousness is generated through an unusual property of quantum non-locality Chaos and bifurcation serve to link quantum transactions to global brain dynamics through the fractal architecture and dynamics of the central nervous system. The resulting process operates at the boundary between quantum computation and wave-particle reduction, thus combining optimality and free-choice. It is concluded that subjective consciousness has an evolutionary role as a non-computational predictive faculty, first emerging from chaotic excitations in single-celled organisms; and that conscious anticipation, rather than computation, has been the principal factor promoting selective advantage in the development of the brain.

Note: Article King C, Univ Auckland, Sch Math & Informat Sci, Dept Math, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1, NEW ZEALAND

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