A Unified Holographic Framework for neural computation and consciousness: From lipid membranes to the Schumann resonance.
Bio Systems January 1, 2026 Marco Cavaglià, Jack A Tuszynski
Conscious experience may depend on more than just neuronal circuits. This paper proposes that lipid membranes, vicinal water, and cerebrospinal fluid together form a coherent substrate capable of holographic information encoding and coupling with both endogenous and exogenous electromagnetic fields. The authors present four postulates: the membrane acts as a holographic plate, water serves as a coherence medium, there is a holographic read-write mechanism, and the system couples to environmental fields. A dual-layer model integrating membrane-water-CSF with electromagnetic fields is described, and the framework is connected to existing theories. Falsifiable experimental strategies and metrics are outlined.