On a possible connection of non-critical strings to certain aspects of quantum brain function

1995/10/04 by N. E. Mavromatos, Mavromatos, N. E., D. V. Nanopoulos +1
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #hep-th #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/9510003

Invited talk by D.V. Nanopoulos at the `four-seas conference', Trieste (Italy), 25 June-1 July 1995; latex file, 9 pages, one macro: 4seas95.sty, available from archives

arxiv created 1995/10/04 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

We review certain aspects of brain function which could be associated with non-critical (Liouville) string theory. In particular we simulate the physics of brain microtubules (MT) by using a (completely integrable) non-critical string, we discuss the collapse of the wave function as a result of quantum gravity effects due to abrupt conformational changes of the MT protein dimers, and we propose a new mechanism for memory coding.

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