Monte Carlo simulation of quantum Zeno effect in the brain
@article{Georgiev2014MonteCS, title={Monte Carlo simulation of quantum Zeno effect in the brain}, author={Danko D. Georgiev}, journal={arXiv: General Physics}, year={2014} }
Environmental decoherence appears to be the biggest obstacle for successful construction of quantum mind theories. Nevertheless, the quantum physicist Henry Stapp promoted the view that the mind could utilize quantum Zeno effect to influence brain dynamics and that the efficacy of such mental efforts would not be undermined by environmental decoherence of the brain. To address the physical plausibility of Stapp's claim, we modeled the brain using quantum tunneling of an electron in a multiple…
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