?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Consciousness+operates+beyond+the+timescale+for+discerning+time+intervals%3A+implications+for+Q-mind+theories+and+analysis+of+quantum+decoherence+in+brain&rft.creator=Georgiev%2C+Danko&rft.subject=Biophysics&rft.subject=Neurophysiology&rft.description=This+paper+presents+in+details+how+the+subjective+time+is+constructed+by+the+brain+cortex+via+reading+packets+of+information+called+%22time+labels%22%2C+produced+by+the+right+basal+ganglia+that+act+as+brain+timekeeper.+Psychophysiological+experiments+have+measured+the+subjective+%22time+quanta%22+to+be+40+ms+and+show+that+consciousness+operates+beyond+that+scale+-+an+important+result+having+profound+implications+for+the+Q-mind+theory.+Although+in+most+current+mainstream+biophysics+research+on+cognitive+processes%2C+the+brain+is+modelled+as+a+neural+network+obeying+classical+physics%2C+Penrose+(1989%2C+1997)+and+others+have+argued+that+quantum+mechanics+may+play+an+essential+role%2C+and+that+successful+brain+simulations+can+only+be+performed+with+a+quantum+computer.+Tegmark+(2000)+showed+that+make-or-break+issue+for+the+quantum+models+of+mind+is+whether+the+relevant+degrees+of+freedom+of+the+brain+can+be+sufficiently+isolated+to+retain+their+quantum+coherence+and+tried+to+settle+the+issue+with+detailed+calculations+of+the+relevant+decoherence+rates.+He+concluded+that+the+mind+is+classical+rather+than+quantum+system%2C+however+his+reasoning+is+based+on+biological+inconsistency.+Here+we+present+detailed+exposition+of+molecular+neurobiology+and+define+the+dynamical+timescale+of+cognitive+processes+linked+to+consciousness+to+be+10-15+ps+showing+that+macroscopic+quantum+coherent+phenomena+in+brain+are+not+ruled+out%2C+and+even+may+provide+insight+in+understanding+life%2C+information+and+consciousness.&rft.date=2003-12&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3318%2F1%2Ftime.pdf&rft.identifier=++Georgiev%2C+Danko++(2003)+Consciousness+operates+beyond+the+timescale+for+discerning+time+intervals%3A+implications+for+Q-mind+theories+and+analysis+of+quantum+decoherence+in+brain.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3318%2F