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The concepts are related because conscious experience is defined as having a physical counterpart known as a neural correlate [1], which serves as a template for action [2] and is subject to quantum processes [3].

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Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2 facts
claimHenry Stapp (1999) asserts that every conscious experience has a physical counterpart consisting of a quantum state reduction that actualizes the pattern of activity known as the neural correlate of that conscious experience.
claimIn Henry Stapp's model of consciousness, the neural correlate of a conscious experience can encode an intention, functioning as a 'template for action' that serves as the basis for free will.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact
claimSchwartz et al. (2005) outlined some indications regarding how quantum superpositions and their collapses might occur in neural correlates of conscious events.