From Quantum Physics to Quantum Hypnosis: A Quantum Mind Perspective.
The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis January 1, 2020 DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2020.1799380
Summary
A groundbreaking model suggests that the mind-body connection operates like a chaotic system, influenced by principles from quantum mechanics. This perspective highlights that neuronal activity often exhibits chaotic patterns, which may enhance our understanding of consciousness and trance states. By proposing a quantum consciousness theory, this approach challenges traditional views on cognition, emphasizing that hypnosis reflects cognitive functioning rather than structure. The implications could reshape how we perceive mental processes, potentially bridging gaps in understanding complex human behavior and consciousness.
Abstract
A novel, heuristic model based upon chaotic complex systems theory and quantum mechanics is proposed to overcome the dichotomy between mind and body. The mind-body interface represents a chaotic system, ruled by the probability principle, as shown in quantum mechanics. Neuronal activity shows many patterns of chaotic behavior, and applications of chaotic patterns seem to be relevant for research regarding the mind-body relationship and the process of trance. A quantum consciousness theory has been proposed, largely controversial, since quantum physics applies to subatomic world and not to macrostructures, such as the brain. Quantum cognition is an emerging field that applies the formalism of quantum theory to model cognitive phenomena such as information processing by the human brain; it overcomes limits and shortcomings of cartesian dualism as well as quantum general theory. As hypnosis is a state of consciousness, it applies to hypnotic cognitive functioning rather than hypnotic structure.