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The light is on in the brain

01.08.2016

Canadian scientists suggested that neurons are connected to each other not only by electrical and chemical communication systems, but also by photon tunnels.

Neuroscientists from the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta suggest that the neurons that make up our nervous system are capable of emitting photons and providing additional, light communication with each other.

In order to serve as a means of communication, a photon must enter a waveguide that will guide it from the source to the receiver. Using computer simulations, biologists have proven that biophotons can use the myelin sheath of neurons as a waveguide.

Now scientists are trying to answer the question of whether entangled photons exist in the brain. If the answer turns out to be yes, we can assume that our brain is a very powerful quantum computer.

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