"Measurement" as a neurophysical process: a hypothetical linear and deterministic scenario
| dc.creator | Polley, L. | |
| dc.date | 2003-09-23 | |
| dc.date | 2005-02-15 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:07:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:07:54Z | |
| dc.description | Tunnel amplitudes of molecular configurations (like neuronal channel pores) may be very sensitive to thermal vibrations of the barrier width (vibration-assisted tunneling) resulting in pseudo-random spikes of widely varying sizes. An observer who ``lives'' behind the barrier would experience as an ``event'' an accidental minimum of the barrier width, the timing being determined by the microstate of the neuron's heat bath. In two neurons, set to detect a ``left'' or ``right'' state of an object, firing amplitudes typically differ so much as to produce a quasi-selection of one option. | |
| dc.description | 13 pages, 3 figures; v2: reference added, some points elaborated; v3: internal reference added on p12 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0309166 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0309166 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/91456 | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | "Measurement" as a neurophysical process: a hypothetical linear and deterministic scenario | |
| dc.type | text |