Comment on: ‘Experimental indications of non-classical brain function’ 2022 Journal of Physics Communications 6 105001
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Abstract A recent paper in this journal presents magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data on humans which are asserted to ‘suggest that we may have witnessed entanglement mediated by consciousness-related brain functions. Those brain functions must then operate non-classically, which would mean that consciousness is non-classical.’ Unfortunately, the article provides no evidence to justify this claim. In fact, the paper only provides evidence for what we already knew: the brain (and any other living tissue) is complex, multicompartmental, and imprecisely characterized by MRI.
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The interpretation of the MRI signal in terms of entanglement has been challenged, but no alternative classical account of the signal was offered.
“Their interpretation in terms of entanglement has been challenged (Warren 2023), but that author offered no alternative classical account of the signal observed by Kerskens and Pérez.”
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The interpretation in terms of entanglement has been challenged, but the challenger did not propose an alternative classical account of the signal.
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- Authors
- Warren, W. S.
- Affiliations
- Duke University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Warren, Warren S
- ORCID
- Warren, Warren S
- Venue
- Journal of Physics Communications
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 2023-03-01
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 038001
- ISSN
- 2399-6528 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4360874959
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 1
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Physics Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Biofield Effects and Biophysics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Keywords
- consciousness, quantum entanglement, magnetic resonance imaging, brain complexity
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