In article <MATT.95Mar3101530 at physics2.berkeley.edu>,
Matt Austern <matt at physics.berkeley.edu> wrote:
:In article <3j75p8$k2d at mserv1.dl.ac.uk> "I. Reichova" <reichi at ibp.cz> writes:
::> Yes, I have read sir Eccles's theory about brain and mind
:> (although I don't understand just that point about q.m. which is
:> not experimentally grounded) and R.Penrose The Emperor's New Mind
:> chapter about brain and thinking. But I have not seen ANY
:> experimental proof of validity of these speculations in neuro lit.
::You won't see any experimental proof of validity in the physics
:literature, either. The general feeling in the physics community is
:that this is all extremely speculative stuff.
Yes, this is quite the case. A very well written review is
%A F. Wilczek
%T A call for a new physics:
Review of Shadows of the Mind by R. Penrose
%J Science
%V 266
%N 5191
%D 1994
%P 1737-1738
In fact, the _mathematics_ developed in quantum mechanics and in
gravity is quite useful to study large-scale neocortical interactions.
This is largely due to work in the late 70's by mathematical physicists
who developed a calculus for quite nonlinear systems to study general
nonequilibrium processes in classical systems. I used these techniques
for several physical applications, including nuclear physics, finance,
military analyses, and neuroscience. In my archive are several papers
and code that can be retrieved via anonymous ftp or via the www. E.g.,
Interactively [brackets signify machine prompts]:
[your_machine%] ftp ftp.alumni.caltech.edu
[Name (...):] anonymous
[Password:] your_e-mail_address
[ftp>] cd pub/ingber
[ftp>] binary
[ftp>] ls
[ftp>] get file_of_interest
[ftp>] quit
The 00index file contains an index of the other files.
This archive also can be accessed via WWW path
http://alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber/
Probably the easiest to read is smni95_eeg.ps.Z
%A L. Ingber
%T Statistical mechanics of neocortical interactions:
Multiple scales of EEG
%J Electroencephal. clin. Neurophysiol.
%N
%V
%D 1995
%P (to be published)
This is an expansion of an invited talk to the Frontier Science in EEG
Symposium, New Orleans, 9 Oct 1993.
Most recent results are in smni95_stm.ps.Z
%A L. Ingber
%A P.L. Nunez
%T Statistical mechanics of neocortical interactions:
High resolution path-integral calculation of short-term memory
%J Phys. Rev. E
%V
%N
%P (to be published)
%D 1995
Lester
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