Scientists think our brains could use quantum computation. They adapted an idea to prove the existence of quantum gravity to investigate the human brain.
The correlation of brain functions to short-term memory performance and conscious awareness suggests quantum processes are part of cognitive and conscious brain functions.
If the team's results can be confirmed, they would help us understand how the brain works and how it can be healed. They may be able to find and build more advanced quantum computers.
Dr. Christian Kerskens is the lead physicist at the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience. He said that the idea was developed for experiments to prove the existence of quantum gravity. The unknown must be a quantum system if the systemsentangle. It allows us to find measuring devices for things we don't know anything about.
We used the known system for our experiments. Brain water builds up as fluid in our brains, and can be measured using a magnetic resonance image. By using a specific magnetic design, we were able to find signals that looked like heartbeat evoked potentials. Some people may be able to identify brain currents from personal experience or from watching hospital dramas on TV.
The scientists believe they could only observe the heartbeat evoked potentials with the help of the nuclear protons in the brain.
According to Dr. Kerskens, brain processes must have interacted with the nuclear spins in order to explain it. We can say that the brain functions must be quantum.
It is likely that quantum processes are an important part of our cognitive and conscious brain functions.
When it comes to unforeseen circumstances, decision making, or learning something new, quantum brain processes could explain why we can still beat the supercomputing machines. Our experiments were performed 50 meters away from the lecture theater where Schrdinger gave his famous thoughts about life, which may shed light on the mysteries of biology.
More information: Christian Matthias Kerskens et al, Experimental indications of non-classical brain functions, Journal of Physics Communications (2022). DOI: 10.1088/2399-6528/ac94be
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