Oct 21, 2022 23:00:00

Research results that the human brain is doing quantum computing

It was reported that research that scans the brain in a special way revealed that the human brain has quantum functions. The discovery is expected to help explain why the human brain still outperforms supercomputers in some areas.

Experimental indications of non-classical brain functions - IOPscience

https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-6528/ac94be

Our brains use quantum computation - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin
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This discovery was inspired by research on quantum gravity , which examines gravity from the perspective of quantum mechanics. A research team of Christian Kerskens and David López Pérez, researchers at the Trinity College Neuroscience Institute, University of Dublin, came up with the idea of proving the existence of quantum gravity by examining how the human brain works. , found that the human brain performs quantum computation.

Kerskens said of his research: ``We applied an idea developed for experiments to prove the existence of quantum gravity. Identify and interact with the unknown system, and if the known system is somehow quantum

entangled , the unknown system must be quantum. We can meet the challenge of measuring

In this experiment, the research team used the proton spins of brain water as a ``known system'' and used a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurement with a special method devised to detect entangled spins. I did. As a result, he said that he succeeded in capturing an MRI signal similar to 'heartbeat evoked potential' which is a kind of brain wave signal.

Since such signals cannot be measured by ordinary MRI, the research team believes that this discovery was made possible because the proton spins in the human brain are causing entanglement.

The point of this discovery is that it is not just that quantum signals were confirmed in the brain, but that they are also related to brain functions such as short-term memory and human consciousness. From this, Mr. Kerskens pointed out that 'these quantum processes may be an important part of our cognitive and conscious brain functions.'

Physicist Erwin Schrödinger, famous for ' Schrödinger's Cat ,' gave his famous lecture on ' What is life? '. Scientists believe that it may explain why the brains of those who learn new things and so on outperform the latest supercomputers.