The Issue of Depression and the Quantum Consciousness - Remembering a Fabulous Day
Massimo Cocchi, Lucio Tonello, Fabio Gabrielli
NeuroQuantology August 31, 2019 DOI: 10.14704/nq.2019.17.8.2778 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
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| Topics | Depression |
| Key points | The author recounts a research career on psychopathology, brain, and consciousness, shaped by exchanges with Kary Mullis, Stuart Hameroff, Mark Rasenick, Mario Tiengo, and others. The author proposes that a biochemical reading of consciousness, grounded in acquired experimental data, seems to intersect with quantum dynamics invoked to explain it, and addresses the letter to psychiatrists who work closely with the human mind. |
Abstract
This letter is not a classic scientific work, but a cavalcade of memories that recall the long road of a research pathway on the relationship between psychopathology, brain and consciousness. Extraordinary things happened during this journey. Discussions with Kary Mullis, meetings with world-renowned scientists such as Stuart Hameroff, Mark Rasenick, Mario Tiengo and others. With them, a field of comparison has opened on the fascinating theme of consciousness in its relations with molecular aspects. The state of consciousness in a biochemical reading that, based on acquired experimental data, seems to intersect with the quantum dynamics that try to explain it. This letter is addressed to all psychiatrists who face a difficult contact with the human mind every day.