2005/04/12 by L. Polley, Polley, L.
Neuroscience · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Functional Brain Connectivity Studies #Neural dynamics and brain function #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0504092
8 pages, 1 figure
arxiv created 2005/04/12 · openalex publication_date 2005/04/12 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A non-collapse scenario for ``conscious'' selection of a term from a superposition was proposed in quant-ph/0309166: thermally assisted tunneling of neuronal pore molecules. But ``observers'' consisting of only two neurons appear to be at odds with Born's rule. In the present paper, an observer is assumed to possess a large number of auxilliary properties irrelevant for the result of the measurement. Born's rule then reduces to postulating that, prior to the result becoming conscious, irrelevant properties are in an entangled state with maximum likelihood, in the sense that phase-equivalent entanglements cover a maximal fraction of the unit sphere (leading to equal-amplitude superpositions).