Theoretical researchers suggest a possible link between consciousness and quantum physics

A research report and an AI Overview talk of two theories suggesting a link between brain cells and quantum physics. Penrose-Hameroff Orch OR Theory suggests that quantum computations by microtubules, structures within neurons, might be the basis for consciousness. While, Koch's Theory suggests that a conscious experience arises when a quantum superposition forms in brain cells and it proposes a graded model of consciousness where the complexity of consciousness correlates with the number of potential states in a superposition.

A Wikipedia post on quantum mind informs that the latest hypotheses on the subject posit that the phenomena such as entanglement and superposition that cause non-localized quantum effects in the brain interacting in smaller features of the brain than cells. Such viewpoints 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 quantum mysticism," informs the post.

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Brain cells dance to a quantum vibe

So do some researchers describe

Mind 'n quantum physics entwine,

In a great grand cosmic design!

Mind too be a dual-nature tribe