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Quantum cognition: The possibility of processing with nuclear spins in the brain
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fisher, M. P. A.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- Corresponding author
- Fisher, Matthew P.A.
- ORCID
- Fisher, Matthew P.A.
- Venue
- Annals of Physics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-11
- Volume
- 362
- Pages
- 593-602
- ISSN
- 0003-4916 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1767140829
- Cited by
- 259
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 35 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 9
- FWCI
- 6.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Annals of Physics (acceptedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (DMR-14-04230)
- Caltech Institute of Quantum Information and Matter
- NSF Physics Frontiers Center
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Biofield Effects and Biophysics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
- Keywords
- quantum cognition, quantum brain, nuclear spin, phosphorus-31, Posner molecules, quantum entanglement, quantum memory, pyrophosphate hydrolysis, calcium ions, vesicle endocytosis, neurotransmitter release
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