Essentials of a Theory for How Brain Structure Contributes to the Substance of Consciousness
Open Access
- 1 January 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. in World Journal of Neuroscience
- Vol. 12 (01), 8-21
- https://doi.org/10.4236/wjns.2022.121002
Abstract
Neuroscience and physics have progressed far enough that the explanatory gap between models of matter and the substance of perceptual experience is tantalizingly close to being bridged, at least insofar as consciousness is produced by the brain. This paper aims to describe the basics of how signals are transmitted within neurons via electromagnetic energy fluctuations, how EM fields emergent from these energy flows manifest as the subconscious and an experience of willed agency, as well as how the quantum principles which both EM radiation and atomic structure abide combine them to form percepts from electromagnetic matter. This might be the most promising option yet for fashioning a physical paradigm that theorizes consciousness.Keywords
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