The Science of Consciousness
Stuart Hameroff

Brain and consciousness
Overview of theories about consciousness
Neurocomputation and integrate-and-fire neurons
Functional brain imaging, thalamo-cortical arousal, Global workspace
Gamma synchrony EEG, gap junctions, dendritic webs
The conscious pilot: A mobile integrator moving through the brain

A finer scale? Inside the neuron
Memory, mood and consciousness in the cytoskeleton
Microtubules: Natural computers
Protein dynamics: The engines of life
Quantum biology: Schrodingers proteins
Anesthesia and psychoactive drugs
Meditation and altered states

Quantum consciousness
Overview of quantum physics
Quantum computing in microtubules - Penrose-Hameroff Orch R model
Conscious moments/frames - Coupling to gamma sycnhrony EEG
Avoiding decoherence
Experimental evidence and testable predictions

Consciousness in the universe
Evolution of consciousness
Is consciousness funda-mental? Quantum geometry
Quantum consciousness and Eastern spirituality

 

 

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