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The light of the mind

Betony Adams, Francesco Petruccione

Physics World March 1, 2021 DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/34/01/22 (opens in new tab)

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Key points The article explores whether quantum effects play a role in consciousness, or whether the two areas are linked simply because both are difficult to understand. Adams and Petruccione present this as a developing and contentious field of quantum biophysics without resolving the question.

Abstract

Do quantum effects play a role in consciousness? Or are the two areas being linked simply because they are both difficult to understand? Betony Adams and Francesco Petruccione explore this developing, and contentious, field of quantum biophysics

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