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Roger Penrose is linked to the brain through his development of the Orch-OR model, which explores quantum processes within the brain [1], mechanisms for quantum coherence in the brain [2], and the role of microtubuli as the site for quantum state reductions in the brain [3].
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Quantum Mechanics And Consciousness: The Physics Of Mind quantumzeitgeist.com 1 fact
claimThe Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR) model, proposed by Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff, posits that quantum processes within the brain could provide a physical basis for subjective experience.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimRoger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff have argued that microtubuli are the potential location for quantum state reductions in the brain.
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 1 fact
claimFriedrich Beck and John Eccles (1992) and Stuart Hameroff and Roger Penrose (2016) have proposed concrete mechanisms for how quantum coherence might occur in the brain despite environmental noise.