Objective Signs of Consciousness

Abstract

The human mind and consciousness under normal circumstances likely can be considered, as a unified phenomenon involving the whole brain or at least a major part of it. As suggested by some authors, the problem of consciousness cannot be solved without considering quantum mechanics. For this reason, I would like to draw on a general knowledge on quantum fields, if and how they function in the brain. What I would like to emphasize is proposal based on free electrons released during the electrophysiological events such as postsynaptic potentials, depolarization and hyperpolarization of the neuronal membrane and action potentials moving along the axons. The quantum systems form a quantum electron field in which the electrons are able to communicate one with another by means of the Pauli principle. This communication may be a carrier of the subjective consciousness which integrates and unifies functions of various parts of the brain. The output of these processes arising from the neuronal activities in various parts of the cerebral cortex and other brain areas likely may produce the content of consciousness.

Self-improvising Memory: a perspective on memories as agential, dynamically-reinterpreting cognitive glue

“…The considerable literature on (behavioral) memory transplants across animal bodies reveals that the ability to re-interpret memories functions between Selflets which are not somatically contiguous (not part of the same organism persisting through time). The results of moving pieces of, or extracts of, brains of trained animals into naïve subjects [87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95], and (as yet uncertain) claims of memories transferred by heart-lung transplants [96,97], point to an even deeper kind of remapping capacity. First, the movement of memories by brain extracts [89] does not require careful placement -in David Glanzman's experiments for example, he injects the extract in the general vicinity of the relevant Aplysia nervous tissue.…”

Self-Improvising Memory: A Perspective on Memories as Agential, Dynamically Reinterpreting Cognitive Glue

“…The considerable literature on (behavioral) memory transplants across animal bodies reveals that the ability to reinterpret memories functions between Selflets that are not somatically contiguous (not part of the same organism persisting through time). The results observed when pieces of, or extracts of, the brains of trained animals are moved into naïve subjects [ 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 ], and the (as yet uncertain) reported claims of memories transferred via heart/lung transplants [ 120 , 121 ], point to an even deeper kind of remapping capacity. First, the movement of memories via brain extracts [ 113 ] does not require careful placement—in David Glanzman’s experiments, for example, they inject the extract into the general vicinity of the relevant Aplysia nervous tissue.…”