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Recent works [1], [2], [3], [4] have raised the possibility that a quantum formalism can describe both unconscious mechanical brain processes connected with the complex patterns of neuronal activity as well as the conscious activity of the brain. A Hilbert structure has been assumed in order to describe an evolution equation like the Schroedinger equation.
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Kafatos, M., Roy, S., DrĂGĂnescu, M. (2003). The Conscious Universe. In: Buccheri, R., Saniga, M., Stuckey, W.M. (eds) The Nature of Time: Geometry, Physics and Perception. NATO Science Series, vol 95. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0155-7_12
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