How the Self Controls Its Brain
LC Class | B105.M55 .E33 1994 | |
How the Self Controls Its Braindualism, and offering a justification of how there can be mind-brain action without violating the principle of the conservation of energy. The model was developed jointly with the nuclear physicist Friedrich Beck in the period 1991–1992.[2][3][4]
Eccles called the fundamental neural units of the
quantum tunneling effect in synaptic exocytosis
, while in perception the reverse process takes place.
Previous mention of the "psychon"
The earliest prior use of the word "psychon" with a similar meaning[5] of an "element of consciousness" is in the book "Concerning Fluctuating and Inaudible Sounds" by K. Dunlap in 1908.[6] The most popular prior use is in
Robert Heinlein's short story Gulf
, wherein a character refers to the fastest speed of thought possible as "one psychon per chronon".
See also
- Brain and mind
- Dualistic interactionism
References
- OCLC 29634892.
- .
- (PDF) from the original on 2018-07-27.
- ^ Beck, Friedrich; Eccles, John C. (1998). "Quantum processes in the brain: A scientific basis of consciousness". Cognitive Studies: Bulletin of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society. 5 (2): 95–109.
- ^ "psychon". Google Books ngram viewer.
- ^ Dunlap, K. (1908). "Concerning Fluctuating and Inaudible Sounds".
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