Quantum models of the mind: Are they compatible with environment decoherence?

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 6-

  Rosa, Luiz Pinguelli ^a   Faber, Jean ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BRAIN; CELLS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GRAVITATION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY;

CONSCIOUSNESS; ENVIRONMENT DECOHERENCE; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; HAMEROFF-PENROSE MODEL; ORCHESTRATED OBJECTIVE REDUCTION (OOR);

QUANTUM THEORY;

TUBULIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR COMPUTER; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTERS, MOLECULAR; CONSCIOUSNESS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; QUANTUM THEORY; TUBULIN;

EID: 42749098731     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.031902     Document Type: Article

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