Journal of Integrative Neuroscience  2019, Vol. 18 Issue (1): 1-10    DOI: 10.31083/j.jin.2019.01.105
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Theorizing how the brain encodes consciousness based on negentropic entanglement
R. R. Poznanski1, *(), L. A. Cacha1, A. Z. A. Latif1, S. H. Salleh2, J. Ali3, P. Yupapin4, 5, J. A. Tuszynski6, 7, M. A. Tengku1
1 Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, 21300 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
2 Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
3 Laser Centre, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
4 Computational Optics Research Group, Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Ton Duc Thang University, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
5 Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
6 Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R7, Canada
7 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
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Abstract

The physicality of subjectivity is explained through a theoretical conceptualization of guidance waves informing meaning in negentropically entangled non-electrolytic brain regions. Subjectivity manifests its influence at the microscopic scale of matter originating from de Broglie ‘hidden’ thermodynamics as action of guidance waves. The preconscious experienceability of subjectivity is associated with a nested hierarchy of microprocesses, which are actualized as a continuum of patterns of discrete atomic microfeels (or “qualia”). The mechanism is suggested to be through negentropic entanglement of hierarchical thermodynamic transfer of information as thermo-qubits originating from nonpolarized regions of actin-binding proteinaceous structures of nonsynaptic spines. The resultant continuous stream of intrinsic information entails a negentropic action (or experiential flow of thermo-quantum internal energy that results in a negentropic force) which is encoded through the non-zero real component of the mean approximation of the negentropic force as a ‘consciousness code.’ Consciousness consisting of two major subprocesses: (1) preconscious experienceability and (2) conscious experience. Both are encapsulated by nonreductive physicalism and panexperiential materialism. The subprocess (1) governing “subjectivity” carries many microprocesses leading to the actualization of discrete atomic microfeels by the ‘consciousness code’. These atomic microfeels constitute internal energy that results in the transfer intrinsic information in terms of thermo-qubits. These thermo-qubits are realized as thermal entropy and sensed by subprocess (2) governing “self-awareness” in conscious experience.

Submitted:  04 January 2019      Accepted:  23 March 2019      Published:  30 March 2019
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*Corresponding Author(s):  R. R. Poznanski     E-mail:  romanrichard@unisza.edu.my
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R. R. Poznanski, L. A. Cacha, A. Z. A. Latif, S. H. Salleh, J. Ali, P. Yupapin, J. A. Tuszynski, M. A. Tengku. Theorizing how the brain encodes consciousness based on negentropic entanglement. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2019, 18(1): 1-10.

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Figure 1.  Schematic diagram illustrating (top left) a neuronal branchlet studded with spines and (top right) shows a nonsynaptic spine shaft containing cytoskeletal molecular proteins bound to actin-filament networks within the spine shaft of uniform length approximately 0.7 $\mu$ m and 100 nm in diameter. The quantized subspace is where pilot-waves originate at picometer scale ($\sim$ 0.1 nm) within apolar hydrophobic regions of actin-binding proteins shown (bottom left) form clathrate-like structures with water molecules (adapted from Mentre:2012. The electron clouds at $\sim$ 10 pico-meter scale (bottom right) is an order of magnitude smaller than most chemistry transformations and measurements and therefore below physical chemistry.

Figure 2.  The mean approximation of the negentropic force in units of Newton per unit mass as a function of space resulting from the macro-quantum potential energy (Q) for (a) L = 1, t = 0.1, $\gamma$= 1.0 (b) L = 0.1, t = 0.01, $\gamma$= 0.01. and (c) L = 1.5, t = 0.5, $\gamma$= 2. Real component is shown in blue and imaginary component is shown in red. The values of the parameters were arbitrarily chosen.

Figure 3.  The sense of the negentropic force in units of Newton per unit mass as a function of time resulting from the macro-quantum potential energy (Q) for (a) L = 1, $\gamma$= 1.0, x = 0.1 (b) L = 0.1, $\gamma$= 0.01,x = 0.025 and (c) L = 1.5, $\gamma$= 2, x = 0.5. Real component is shown as a continuous line (blue) and imaginary component is shown as a dashed line (red). The values of the parameters were arbitrarily chosen.

Figure 4.  The sense of the negentropic force in units of Newton per unit mass as a function of space resulting from the macro-quantum potential energy (Q) for (a) L = 1, $\gamma$= 1.0, t = 0.1 (b) L = 0.1, $\gamma$= 0.01, t = 0.01 and (c) L = 1.5, $\gamma$= 2.0, t = 0.5. Real component is shown as a continuous line (blue) and imaginary component is shown as a dashed line (red). The values of the parameters were arbitrarily chosen.

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