title: Solutions for real values in Minkowski four-dimensional space may link macro- and micro-quantum processes in the brain.
abstract: To test the application of Minkowski space-time (hyperspace) to brain function, the time-dependent inflection values required for a non-negative solution of √(x2 + y2 + z2-c2t2) was solved for four functional cerebral spaces. The single electron orbit time for the cell membrane, the "neuroquantal unit" of ∼10(-20)J for the cell width, the frequency of the universal hydrogen emission (precession) line for cerebral length, and one-half of Planck's constant (the spin of particles constituting matter) for the thickness of the charges associated with the cell membrane potential were the primary solutions. These values may reflect the critical times (or frequencies) when operations shift from imaginary to real within the 4D human brain and could define the thresholds optimal for the transition between energy and matter.
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Neuroscience and Biomolecular Sciences Programs, Department of Biology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada. mpersinger@laurentian.ca
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Persinger
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D011789:Quantum Theory