Nonlocal correlations between separated neural networks

Rita Pizzi; Andrea Fantasia; Fabrizio Gelain; Danilo Rossetti; Angelo Vescovi

doi:10.1117/12.540785

24 August 2004 Nonlocal correlations between separated neural networks

Rita Pizzi, Andrea Fantasia, Fabrizio Gelain, Danilo Rossetti, Angelo Vescovi

Proceedings Volume 5436, Quantum Information and Computation II; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.540785
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

In recent times the interest for quantum models of brain activity has rapidly grown. The Penrose-Hameroff model assumes that microtubules inside neurons are responsible for quantum computation inside brain. Several experiments seem to indicate that EPR-like correlations are possible at the biological level. In the past year , a very intensive experimental work about this subject has been done at DiBit Labs in Milan, Italy by our research group. Our experimental set-up is made by two separated and completely shielded basins where two parts of a common human DNA neuronal culture are monitored by EEG. Our main experimental result is that, under stimulation of one culture by means of a 630 nm laser beam at 300 ms, the cross-correlation between the two cultures grows up at maximum levels. Despite at this level of understanding it is impossible to tell if the origin of this non-locality is a genuine quantum effect, our experimental data seem to strongly suggest that biological systems present non-local properties not explainable by classical models.

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Rita Pizzi, Andrea Fantasia, Fabrizio Gelain, Danilo Rossetti, and Angelo Vescovi "Nonlocal correlations between separated neural networks", Proc. SPIE 5436, Quantum Information and Computation II, (24 August 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.540785

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