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Consciousness is one of the major unsolved problems in science. How do the feelings and sensations making up conscious experience arise from the concerted actions of nerve cells and their associated synaptic and molecular processes? Can such feelings be explained by modern science, or is there an entirely different kind of explanation needed? And how can this seemingly intractable problem be approached experimentally? How do the operations of the conscious mind emerge out of the specific interactions involving billions of neurons? This multi-authored book seeks answers to these questions within a range of physically based frameworks, i.e, the underlying assumption is that consciousness can be understood using the intellectual potential of modern physics and other sciences. There are a number of theories of consciousness in existence, some of which are based on classical physics while some others require the use of quantum concepts. The latter ones have drawn a lot of criticism from the present-day scientific establishment while simultaneously claiming that classical approaches are doomed to failure. This book presents the reader with a spectrum of opinions from both sides of this on-going scientific debate, letting him/her decide which of these approaches are most likely to succeed.

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"The intention of the book was clearly to present many different views of the consciousness problem, and as such it succeeds extremely well. ... If you are interested in consciousness and its interaction with the physical and biological worlds, this is an excellent book that I recommend highly." (Philosophy, Religion and Science Book Reviews, bookinspections.wordpress.com, March, 2014)

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The Path Ahead	p. 1
Definition and Fundamentals	p. 1
Definition of Consciousness and the Classical Approach	p. 2
Quantum Theories	p. 4
Quantum Processing by Microtubules and Neurocognition	p. 8
Overview of the Contributions	p. 11
New and Notable Developments	p. 17
An Electromagnetic Fingerprint of Transport Along Microtubules	p. 17
Extrapolations to Mesoscopic and Macroscopic Levels	p. 22
Conclusions	p. 23
References	p. 24
Consciousness and Quantum Physics: Empirical Research on the Subjective Reduction of the Statevector	p. 27
Introduction	p. 27
The Measurement Problem	p. 27
Objective Reduction and Consciousness	p. 29
Previous Empirical Work on Subjective Reduction	p. 30
Current Investigation	p. 33
Experimental Design	p. 33
Experimental Procedure	p. 36
Subjects	p. 36
Physiological Measurement	p. 36
Further Procedure	p. 36
Data Analysis	p. 37
Results	p. 38
Conclusions	p. 40
Further Research	p. 45
Appendix	p. 47
References	p. 47
Microtubules in the Cerebral Cortex: Role in Memory and Consciousness	p. 49
Introduction	p. 49
General Features of the Brain	p. 49
Neuronal Assemblies: Patterns of Connection	p. 51
Neurons, Synapses and Neurotransmitter Molecules	p. 52
Functions of Microtubules and MAPs	p. 56
Transport along Microtubules	p. 57
Signal Transduction and Anchoring of Signal-Transduction Molecules	p. 57
Learning and Memory: Neuroplasticity vs. Stability	p. 65
Synaptic Change: Hebb's Rule Revisited	p. 66
Microtubules and MAPs in Dendrites Play a Critical Role in Memory	p. 70
Microtubules Influence Synaptic Efficacy	p. 77
Consciousness	p. 77
Attention: The Spotlight of Consciousness	p. 78
Waking, Sleeping and Dreaming: Different Levels of Consciousness	p. 80
Mental Force to Think and Act	p. 81
Consciousness, Memory and Microtubules	p. 83
Microtubules and Quantum Entanglement: A Possible Basis for Memory and Consciousness	p. 85
Conclusion	p. 89
References	p. 90
Towards Experimental Tests of Quantum Effects in Cytoskeletal Proteins	p. 95
Introduction	p. 96
Overview	p. 96
Tubulin and Microtubules	p. 97
Motivation	p. 101
QED Model of Tubulin and its Implications	p. 102
Introduction	p. 102
Quantum Coherence in Biological Matter?	p. 105
Implications for Cell Function	p. 115
Conclusions	p. 120
Tau Accumulation in Drosophila Mushroom Body Neurons Results in Memory Impairment	p. 120
Introduction	p. 120
Drosophila	p. 121
Genetic Engineering	p. 123
Conditioning	p. 126
Controls	p. 128
Results	p. 132
Conclusions	p. 134
Discussion	p. 134
Refractometry, Surface Plasmon Resonance, and Dielectric Spectroscopy of Tubulin and Microtubules	p. 136
Theory of Dielectrics	p. 136
Optics	p. 141
Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)	p. 145
Dielectric Spectroscopy	p. 153
Emerging Directions of Experimental Tests of the Quantum Consciousness Idea	p. 159
Entanglement	p. 159
Molecular Electronics	p. 160
Proposed Further Research	p. 160
Unification of Concepts and Conclusions	p. 163
Putting It All Together	p. 163
Conclusions	p. 164
References	p. 165
Physicalism, Chaos and Reductionism	p. 171
Introduction	p. 171
Quantum and Classical Dynamics	p. 172
What Are Classical Nonlinear Phenomena?	p. 173
The Biological and Cognitive Hierarchies	p. 174
Reductionism	p. 177
Objections to Reductionism	p. 179
Constructionism versus Reductionism	p. 179
Immense Numbers of Possibilities	p. 180
Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions	p. 181
The Nature of Causality	p. 181
Nonlinear Causality	p. 183
The Nature of Time	p. 184
Downward Causation	p. 184
Open Systems	p. 185
Closed Causal Loops	p. 186
Concluding Comments	p. 188
References	p. 190
Consciousness, Neurobiology and Quantum Mechanics: The Case for a Connection	p. 193
Introduction: The Problems of Consciousness	p. 193
Time and Consciousness	p. 197
Is Consciousness Continuous or a Sequence of Discrete Events?	p. 197
The Timing of Conscious Experience	p. 198
Taking Backward Time Referral Seriously	p. 202
The Neural Correlate of Consciousness	p. 206
Functional Organization of the Brain	p. 206
Cerebral Cortex and Neuronal Assemblies	p. 208
Axons and Dendrites	p. 208
Neural Synchrony	p. 212
Gap-Junction Assemblies - "Hyperneurons"	p. 215
The Next NCC Frontier - Neuronal Interiors and the Cytoskeleton	p. 216
The Neuronal Cytoskeleton	p. 217
Microtubules and Networks inside Neurons	p. 217
Microtubule Automata	p. 220
Protein Conformational Dynamics - Nature's Bits and Qubits	p. 224
Anesthesia	p. 225
Quantum Information Processing	p. 226
Quantum Mechanics	p. 226
Quantum Computation	p. 228
Quantum Computing with Penrose OR	p. 229
The Quantum Unconscious	p. 230
Quantum Computation in Microtubules - The Orch OR Model	p. 232
Specifics of Orch OR	p. 232
Decoherence	p. 235
Testability and Falsifiability	p. 236
Applications of Orch OR to Consciousness and Cognition	p. 236
Visual Consciousness	p. 236
Volition and Free-Will	p. 238
Quantum Associative Memory	p. 239
The Hard Problem of Conscious Experience	p. 239
What is Consciousness?	p. 240
Consciousness and Evolution	p. 241
Conclusion	p. 242
Appendix	p. 242
References	p. 244
Life, Catalysis and Excitable Media: A Dynamic Systems Approach to Metabolism and Cognition	p. 255
Life and Robustness	p. 255
Life and Catalysis	p. 260
Catalysis, Traveling Waves and Excitable Media	p. 271
The Brain as an Excitable Medium	p. 274
Conclusion	p. 288
References	p. 289
The Dendritic Cytoskeleton as a Computational Device: An Hypothesis	p. 293
Introduction	p. 293
Neurobiological Introduction	p. 293
Neuro computational Introduction	p. 297
Dendritic Channel Function	p. 299
Actin-Microtubule Cytoskeletal Connections	p. 299
C-Termini in Microtubules	p. 301
Potential Configurations of Microtubular C-Termini	p. 303
Dynamic Model of the C-Termini	p. 305
Ionic Wave Propagation along MAP2	p. 306
Ion Waves along Actin Filaments	p. 308
Ionic Condensation along the Actin Filament	p. 308
Electrical Modeling of Actin	p. 309
Implications of Actin Filament's Electrical Activity	p. 312
Dendritic Cytoskeleton Computation - Vision of Integration	p. 313
MTN Control of Synaptic Plasticity, Modulation, and Integration	p. 318
Final Statement	p. 320
References	p. 320
Recurrent Quantum Neural Network and its Applications	p. 327
Intelligence - Still Ill-Understood	p. 327
Intelligent Filtering - Denoising of Complex Signals	p. 328
RQNN Architecture used for Stochastic-Filtering	p. 329
Integration of the Schrodinger Wave Equation	p. 331
Simulation Results I	p. 333
A Comprehensive Quantum Model of Intelligent Behavior	p. 337
RQNN-based Eye-Tracking Model	p. 338
A Theoretical Quantum Brain Model	p. 338
An Eye-Tracking Model using RQNN with Nonlinear Modulation of Potential Field	p. 339
Simulation Results II	p. 342
Concluding Remarks	p. 347
References	p. 348
Microtubules as a Quantum Hopfield Network	p. 351
Introduction	p. 351
Microtubulin Model	p. 352
Hopfield Model	p. 354
Quantum Model	p. 355
Quantum Hopfield Network	p. 358
QHN as Information Propagator for a Microtubules Architecture	p. 360
Conclusions and Future Work	p. 367
References	p. 369
Consciousness and Quantum Brain Dynamics	p. 371
Deconstruction	p. 371
Quantum Brain Dynamics	p. 373
Hermitean Dual-Mode Quantum Brain Dynamics	p. 375
Non-Hermitean Dual-Mode Quantum Brain Dynamics	p. 376
Application to Mathematics: The Riemann Hypothesis	p. 377
Monadological Implications of Non-Hermitean Dual-Mode QBD	p. 381
Comment	p. 383
References	p. 384
The CEMI Field Theory: Seven Clues to the Nature of Consciousness	p. 387
Why Do we Need a Theory of Consciousness?	p. 387
Field Theories of Consciousness	p. 393
The Brain's Electromagnetic Field	p. 394
The Influence of the Brain's Electromagnetic Field on Neural Firing	p. 395
The CEMI Field Theory	p. 396
Why don't External Fields Influence our Minds?	p. 397
Does the CEMI Field Theory Account for the Seven Clues to the Nature of Consciousness?	p. 398
A Last Word, Concerning Quantum Theories of Consciousness	p. 401
Conclusions and the Way Forward	p. 404
References	p. 404
Quantum Cosmology and the Hard Problem of the Conscious Brain	p. 407
Subject-Object Complementarity and the Hard Problem	p. 407
Wave-Particle Complementarity, Uncertainty and Quantum Prediction	p. 410
Two-Timing Nature of Special Relativity	p. 415
Reality and Virtuality: Quantum Fields and Seething Uncertainty	p. 416
The Spooky Nature of Quantum Entanglement	p. 417
Quantum Match-Making: Transactional Supercausality and Reality	p. 420
Exploring the "Three Pound Universe"	p. 423
Chaos and Fractal Dynamics as a Source of Sensitivity, Unpredictability and Uncertainty	p. 428
Classical and Quantum Computation, Anticipation and Survival	p. 430
The Cosmic Primality of Membrane Excitation	p. 433
Chaotic Excitability and Quantum Sensitivity as a Founding Eucaryote Characteristic	p. 437
Models of the Global-Molecular-Quantum Interface	p. 440
Quantum Mind and Transactional Supercausality	p. 442
Complementarity and the Sexuality of Quantum Entanglement	p. 448
The Hard Problem: Subjective Experience, Intentional Will and Quantum Mind Theories	p. 449
Consciousness and Neurocosmology	p. 451
References	p. 454
Consciousness and Logic in a Quantum Computing Universe	p. 457
Introduction	p. 458
The "Big Wow"	p. 459
How the "Big Wow" Drove Human Minds	p. 461
Entanglement with the Environment	p. 463
Holography and Cellular Automata	p. 463
Consciousness and Tubulins/Qubits	p. 464
Consciousness Arises in the "Bits Era"	p. 465
The Boolean Observer	p. 465
The Analogy	p. 466
The Double Logic of the Observer Inside a Quantum Universe	p. 467
IT from Qubit: The Whole Universe as a Quantum Computer	p. 468
Quantum Minds and Black - Hole Quantum Computers in a Quantum Game	p. 469
Qualia and Quantum Space-Time	p. 470
Mathematical Intuition and the Logic of the Internal Observer	p. 473
The Self	p. 475
The Self and the Mirror Measurement	p. 475
Nonself	p. 476
The Universal Self: The Universe and the Mirror	p. 476
The Universal Self: The Mathematical Truth	p. 477
Conclusion	p. 477
References	p. 479
Index	p. 483
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