Theoretical review reveals fundamental scale and decoherence gaps between macroscopic EEG signals and quantum state reduction, highlighting physical barriers to quantum consciousness models.
In the quest to uncover the physical foundations of consciousness and cognitive processes, several hypotheses propose direct links between macroscopic brain activity—specifically electroencephalography (EEG)—and microscopic quantum phenomena such as quantum measurement and wave function collapse. However, from the standard viewpoints of modern neuroscience and quantum statistical mechanics, substantial discontinuities (gaps) exist across physical scales, environmental decoherence timescales, and the nature of observational processes. This paper systematically reviews and formalizes the physical principles underlying EEG measurements versus quantum state reduction, highlighting the fundamental physical and theoretical divergences that preclude direct mapping between macroscopic scalp potentials and quantum superpositions.
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