title: Some thoughts about consciousness: from a quantum mechanics perspective.
abstract: The article explores some of the basic findings of quantum physics and information theory and their possible usefulness in offering new vistas for understanding psychoanalysis and the patient-analyst interchange. Technical terms are explained and placed in context, and examples of applying quantum models to clinical experience are offered. Given the complexity of the findings of quantum mechanics and information theory, the article aims only to introduce some of the major concepts from these disciplines. Within this framework the article also briefly addresses the question of mind as well as the problematic of reducing the experience of consciousness to neurological brain functioning.
authors.affiliation: JerryGargiulo@gmail.com
authors.forename: Gerald J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
mesh_terms: D003243:Consciousness; D006801:Humans; D007257:Information Theory; D011336:Probability; D011572:Psychoanalysis; D011789:Quantum Theory; D056345:Theory of Mind