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Marco Ruggiero

4 papers in the library · publishing 2023-2025

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Exploring the neural and biophysical correlates of consciousness and religious and meditative practices: a commentary

Journal of Neurology & Stroke 2025 Marco Ruggiero

This commentary synthesizes findings from four articles exploring consciousness, meditative practices, and subtle physical phenomena. An article on fractals and consciousness1 proposes a theoretical link between consciousness and fractal processes, suggesting inherent limitations in modeling consciousness. An article on religious practice2 presents a study on the neurophysiological and...

On the Natural Intelligence and Consciousness of the Immune System and its Relationship with the Brain

American Journal of Immunology 2024 Marco Ruggiero, Akira Hiratsuka

: In this article, we consider the relationship between the brain and the immune system in the context of the Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR) theory of consciousness. Orch OR is a theory that postulates that consciousness arises from quantum computations occurring inside microtubules. The immune system is capable of acquiring, learning, and remembering information, thus showing all...

Design and development of novel compounds aimed at optimizing the function of microtubules and tubulin in the immune system and the brain

Journal of Neurology & Stroke November 27, 2023 Marco Ruggiero preprint

This study describes the design and development of novel compounds aimed at optimizing the function of microtubules and tubulin in the immune system and the brain as they relate to the Orch OR theory of consciousness. These compounds are defined by the following molecular formulas: C65H100CoN15O22P(C6H12O5); C65H100CoN15O22P(C5H10NO4); (C65H100CoN15O22P)(C6H12N2O)n;...

The Brain Microbiota as It Relates to the Orch OR Theory of Consciousness

Marco Ruggiero preprint

I propose to incorporate the concepts of brain microbiota and microbial consciousness in the Orch OR theory of human consciousness with the goal of increasing its explanatory and predictive powers. If consciousness arises from quantum computations in cytoskeletal structures inside human neurons, there is no theoretical impediment at hypothesizing that it might also occur in the cytoskeletal...