scholarly journals A Quantum Theory of the Mind-Brain Interface

1993 ◽  
pp. 145-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Pierce Stapp
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Brain Interface ◽  
The Mind

Contemporary Echoes of the World Soul

2021 ◽  
pp. 320-342
Author(s):  
Valia Allori
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Conscious Experience ◽  
Hard Problem ◽  
Quantum Theories ◽  
The World ◽  
The Hard Problem ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Way

Quantum mechanics is a groundbreaking theory: it not only is extraordinarily empirically adequate but also is claimed to having shattered the classical paradigm of understanding the observer-observed distinction as well as the part-whole relation. This, together with other quantum features, has been taken to suggest that quantum theory can help one understand the mind-body relation in a unique way, in particular to solve the hard problem of consciousness along the lines of panpsychism. In this chapter, after having briefly presented panpsychism, Valia Allori discusses the main features of quantum theories and the way in which the main quantum theories of consciousness use them to account for conscious experience.

Chromosome 22q and the mind–brain interface

Neurology ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan K. Percy ◽  
Charles B. Nemeroff
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome 22Q ◽  
Brain Interface ◽  
The Mind

Quantum Theory and the Mind

1995 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Butterfield ◽  
Gordon N. Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
The Mind

scholarly journals Playing 20 Questions with the Mind: Collaborative Problem Solving by Humans Using a Brain-to-Brain Interface

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. e0137303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Stocco ◽  
Chantel S. Prat ◽  
Darby M. Losey ◽  
Jeneva A. Cronin ◽  
Joseph Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Collaborative Problem Solving ◽  
Collaborative Problem ◽  
Brain Interface ◽  
The Mind

scholarly journals The problem of connection of observer’s mind with quantum-mechanical description of physical reality

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
S. E. Revunov ◽  
S. S. Kuznetsov ◽  
O. A. Barkhatova ◽  
E. A. Revunova
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Quantum Physics ◽  
Physical Reality ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Psychic Phenomenon ◽  
Mechanical Description ◽  
Quantum Mechanical Description ◽  
The Mind

Introduction: the study considers the problem of observer’s status during specific quantum-mechanical experiments, in which the empirical result directly depends on the participation of the experimenter's mind. Here the problem arises of the connection between the mind of the observer and the quantum-mechanical description of physical reality. The paper pays attention to modern trends in physics and philosophy devoted to the study of this phenomenon. Some aspects of the philosophical interpretation of the mind as a quantum mechanism are presented.Materials and Methods: the research materials demonstrate an overview of several common quantum-philosophical theories. Attempts have been made to search for the connection of quantum phenomena with the mechanisms of the functioning of human mind. The experimental background of quantum physics is demonstrated, providing material for analyzing the possibility of applying modern quantum theory to the question of identifying the relationship of the quantum approach and describing the problem of the influence of the observer’s mind on the result of a physical experiment.Results: the concept of quantum mechanics, taking into account the latest achievements and results of physics, philosophy and psychology, allows us to consider the mind of the observer as an integral part of the mechanism responsible for the formation of the surrounding physical reality. The anthropic principle of participation considered in the work gives the observer's mind a special role allowing to form a quantum-mechanical description of physical reality.Discussion and conclusions: it is shown that the mind of the observer plays an important role in quantum theory. Moreover, mind as a psychic phenomenon may be in fact identical with the quantum-mechanical concept of choosing an alternative. Given the fact that the brain's thought processes influence the measurement results, it can be assumed that mind changes quantum probabilities. This assumption allows us to take a different look at the concept of reality itself.

Cognition is Embodied

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin V. Butz ◽  
Esther F. Kutter
Keyword(s):  
Robotic Systems ◽  
Cognitive Systems ◽  
Frame Problem ◽  
Binding Problem ◽  
Artificial System ◽  
Symbol Processing ◽  
Symbol Grounding Problem ◽  
Brain Interface ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Frame Problem

With the motivation to develop computational and algorithmic levels of understanding how the mind comes into being, this chapter considers computer science, artificial intelligence, and cognitive systems perspectives. Questions are addressed, such as what ‘intelligence’ may actually be and how, and when an artificial system may be considered to be intelligent and to have a mind on its own. May it even be alive? Out of these considerations, the chapter derives three fundamental problems for cognitive systems: the symbol grounding problem, the frame problem, and the binding problem. We show that symbol-processing artificial systems cannot solve these problems satisfactorily. Neural networks and embodied systems offer alternatives. Moreover, biological observations and studies with embodied robotic systems imply that behavioral capabilities can foster and facilitate the development of suitably abstracted, symbolic structures. We finally consider Alan Turing’s question “Can machines think?” and emphasize that such machines must at least solve the three considered fundamental cognitive systems problems. The rest of the book addresses how the human brain, equipped with a suitably-structured body and body–brain interface, manages to solve these problems, and thus manages to develop a mind.

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