A Simulation for Neurophotonic Quantum Computation in Visual Pathways

TL;DR

This paper simulates quantum photon transfer in visual pathways, suggesting the brain can maintain quantum states, supporting the Copenhagen interpretation of wave function collapse in consciousness.

Contribution

It introduces a novel simulation of quantum photon transfer in the brain's visual pathway, combining classical and quantum models to support the role of consciousness in wave function collapse.

Findings

Quantum states of photons can be transferred through visual pathways.

The brain may maintain macroscopic quantum states during visual processing.

Supports the idea that consciousness causes wave function collapse.

Abstract

One of the answers to the measurement problem in quantum theory is given by the Copenhagen-Interpretation of quantum theory (i.e. orthodox quantum theory) in which the wave function collapse happens in (by) the mind of observer. In fact, at first, great scientists like Von Neumann, London, Bauer and Wigner (initially) believed that the wave function collapse occurs in the brain or is caused by the consciousness of observer. However, this issue has been stayed yet very controversial. In fact, there are many challenging discussions about the survival of quantum effects in microscopic structures of the human brain, which is mainly because of quick decoherence of quantum states due to hot, wet and noisy environment of the brain that forbids long life coherence for brain processing. Nevertheless, there are also several arguments and evidences that emergence of large coherent states is feasible in the brain. In this paper, our approach is based on the latter in which macroscopic quantum states are probable in the human brain. Here, we simulate the delayed luminescence of photons in neurons with a Brassard-like teleportation circuit, i.e. equivalent to the transfer of quantum states of photons through the visual pathways from retina to the visual cortex. Indeed, our simulation considers both classical and quantum mechanical aspects of processing in neurons. As a result and based on our simulation, it is possible for our brain to receive the exact quantum states of photons in the visual cortex to be collapsed by our consciousness, which supports the Copenhagen-Interpretation of measurement problem in quantum theory.