Quantum computation in brain microtubules? The Penrose–Hameroff ‘Orch OR‘ model of consciousness
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences August 15, 1998 H. A. Stuart 365 citations
Potential features of quantum computation could explain enigmatic aspects of consciousness. The Penrose—Hameroff model (orchestrated objective reduction: ‘Orch OR’) suggests that quantum superposition and a form of quantum computation occur in microtubules—cylindrical protein lattices of the cell cytoskeleton within the brain's neurons. Microtubules couple to and regulate neural–level synaptic...