Abstract
The orthodox theory of measurement due to von Neumann, London and Bauer, and Wigner is revisited from a new point of view in which physical correlates of consciousness of an observer manifest quantum coherence. The result of an observation of a quantum mechanical system in a state of superposition is stored in a state of mixture of metastable classical vacua with spontaneously broken symmetry. Goldstone bosons inherent in such long-range ordered states play the key roles to complete the act of measurement which have been long attributed to a transcendental ”abstract ego.”
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Agarwal, G. S., 1971, Master-equation approach to spontaneous emission III: many-body aspects of emission from two-level atoms and the effect of inhomogeneous broadening. Phys. Rev. A4, 1791–1801.
Araki, H., 1987, On superselection rules, in: Proc. 2nd Int. Symp. Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Y. Ohnuki et al. (eds.) (Physical Society of Japan, Tokyo).
Crick, F. and Koch, C., 1990, Towards a neurobiological theory of consciousness. Seminars in the Neurosciences 2, 263–275.
Dicke, R. H., 1954, Coherence in spontaneous radiation processes. Phys. Rev. 93, 99–110.
Franks, F., 1972, Water: A Comprehensive Treatise (Plenum, New York).
Hameroff, S. R., 1974, Chi: a neural hologram? Am. J. Chi. Med. 2, 163–170.
Hameroff, S. R., 1987, Ultimate Computing: Biomotecular Consciousness and NanoTechnology (North-Holland, Amsterdam).
Jibu, M., Hagan, S., Hameroff, S. R., Pribram, K. H. and Yasue, K., 1993, Quantum optical coherence in cytoskeletal microtubules: implications for brain function, in press.
Jibu, M. and Yasue, K., 1992A, A physical picture of Umezawa’s quantum brain dynamics, in: Cybernetics and Systems Research’ 92, R. Trappl (ed.) (World Scientific, Singapore).
Jibu, M. and Yasue, K., 1992B, The basics of quantum brain dynamics, in: Proceedings of the First Appalachian Conference on Behavioral Neurodynamics, K. H. Pribram (ed.) (Center for Brain Research and Informational Sciences, Radford University, Radford, September 17-20).
Jibu, M. and Yasue, K., 1993A, Intracellular quantum signal transfer in Umezawa’s quantum brain dynamics. Cybernetics and Systems: An International Journal 24, 1–7.
Jibu, M. and Yasue, K., 1993B, Introduction to quantum brain dynamics, in: Nature, Cognition and System III, E. Carvallo (ed.) (Kluwer Academic, London).
London, F. and Bauer, E., 1939, Théorie de l’Observation en Mécanique Quantique (Hermann, Paris).
McCall, S. L. and Hahn, E. L., 1967, Self-induced transparency by pulsed coherent light. Phys. Rev. Lett. 18, 908–911.
Marshall, I. N., 1989, Consciousness and Bose-Einstein condensates. New Ideas in Psychology 7, 73–83.
Nelson, E., 1967, Dynamical Theories of Brownian Motion (Princeton University Press, New Jersey).
Penrose, R., 1989, The Emperor’s New Mind (Oxford University Press, London).
Penrose, R., 1993, Shadows of the Mind (Oxford University Press, London).
Pribram, K. H., 1966, Some dimensions of remembering: steps toward a neuropsychological model of memory, in: Macromolecules and Behavior, J. Gaito (ed.) (Academic Press, New York).
Pribram, K. H., 1971, Languages of the Brain (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey).
Pribram, K. H., 1991, Brain and Perception (Lawrence Erlbaum, New Jersey).
Ricciardi, L. M. and Umezawa, H., 1967, Brain and physics of many-body problems. Kybernetik 4, 44–48.
Singer, W., 1993, Synchronization of cortical activity and its putative role in information processing and learning. Ann. Rev. Physiol. 55, 349–374.
Stuart, C. I. J. M., Takahashi, Y. and Umezawa, H., 1978, On the stability and non-local properties of memory. J. Theor. Biol. 71, 605–618.
Stuart, C. I. J. M., Takahashi, Y. and Umezawa, H., 1979, Mixed-system brain dynamics: neural memory as a macroscopic ordered state. Found. Phys. 9, 301–327.
von Neumann, J., 1932, Mathematishe Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik (Springer, Berlin).
Wigner, E. P., 1963, The problem of measurement. Am. J. Phys. 31, 6–15.
Yasue, K., 1978, Quantum decay process of meta-stable vacuum states in SU(2) Yang-Mills theory: a probability theoretical point of view. Phys. Rev. D18, 532–541.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1995 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Jibu, M., Yasue, K. (1995). Quantum Measurement by Quantum Brain. In: Haba, Z., Cegła, W., Jakóbczyk, L. (eds) Stochasticity and Quantum Chaos. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 317. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0169-1_17
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0169-1_17
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-010-4076-1
Online ISBN: 978-94-011-0169-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive