The contribution of coherence field theory to a model of consciousness: electric currents, EM fields, and EM radiation in the brain

" A paradigm in neuroscience is developing which views resonance as the phenomenon responsible for consciousness. Much progress is being made in the investigation of how resonance as oscillating flows within the brain’s electric field might result in production of mind from matter. But it’s mostly unknown how vibrations among features of matter such as nanoscale atomic structures and photonic waves may participate in forming the basic substance of first-person consciousness, meaning percepts such as colors, textures, sounds, thoughts, feelings et cetera. Initial evidence at the leading edge of quantum biology suggests that light and atoms combine to form synchronously resonating structures of contiguous energy which I have termed coherence fields. My hypothesis is that coherence fields as atomic nodes within expanses of integrating photonic waves are the fundamental unit of first-person percepts insofar as they arise from electromagnetic matter. A concept of quantum coherence is formulated based on a new phenomenology of matter’s nanoscale properties, and this is shown to tie what we have thus far discovered of neural anatomy into a comprehensive model of how electrical impulses travel through neurons as electron currents driven by coherence at the quantum scale. Transmembrane electric fields generated by ionic currents, synaptic phase regulation, and perhaps further mechanisms have been hypothesized as responsible for local field potentials (LFP) oscillations. Some insights into how emergent, macroscopic waves in the brain’s electric field may reciprocally impact LFP propagation to control arousal, attention, and volition are briefly discussed. Activation of neural tissue is closely linked to temperature variation, and it is hypothesized that this is not merely a waste byproduct but constitutes a signature of coherence field modulation, with photonic waves of a primarily infrared spectral range functioning as an interstitial medium of the basic percept field. A variety of possible routes to coherence field modulation are outlined that derive from the mechanisms of electric currents, EM fields, EM radiation, and entanglement. If future experimental designs continue to validate coherence field theory, this could set science on course to resolve the mind/body problem." {Credits 1}

" So based on what we know of cellular anatomy, an explanation for signal transmission in neurons which appeals exclusively to ion diffusion and transport is unsatisfactory, but the concept of electric coherence currents traveling through a chassis of positive ions at significant fractions of light speed meets all current requirements for a successful model, though experimental verification remains to be performed." {Credits 1}

" Recent research has provided evidence that ephaptic coupling occurs at much greater ranges as an important factor in communication between neurons. Slow wave oscillations of the mouse hippocampus, less than 1 Hz, were proven to synchronize neural activity in slices separated by as much as a 400 μm gap, which eliminated synaptic transmission and gap junctions as variables. The entrainment effect propagated at 0.1 m/s, too fast to be accounted for by ion diffusion. An anti-electric field blocked this phenomenon, adding evidence that ephaptic coupling is the mechanism (Chiang et al., 2019). Further study revealed pharmacological blockers to be incapable of inhibiting synchrony while stimulating intact slices using an electric field with similar properties to the tissue’s endogenous field induced a self-propagating wave of comparable nature. Applying a voltage clamp completely blocked synchronization, still more evidence that ephaptic coupling is the mechanism (Shivacharan et al., 2019)." {Credits 1}

" Though electric field oscillations of a neuron may at the base be the consequence of intracellular force exacted by electron density disequilibration and resultant lengthwise flow, these currents might be synced into phase-locked, more or less in-phase conglomerates by ionic currents transiting through channels, a dual mechanism of electrical energy from different sources that induces emergent electric field patterns which stimulate collective firing." {Credits 1}

" Research indicates that the behavior of the brain’s electric field consists ofhing, that it have regionally linked oscillation patterns as well as a 40 Hz signature corresponding to individual neurons, superimposed on slow wave oscillations emergent from the whole brain, with a large, roving concentration of semi-stable gamma activity which blends with local oscillations while it moves. This drifting density of macroscopic integration could be the primary orchestrating factor in experiential awareness (Hunt and Schooler, 2019). It could also be a root of volition as proposed by CEMI (conscious electromagnetic information) theory (McFadden, 2020, 2021)." {Credits 1}

" All EM fields are filled by a vast array of undulations which readily superposition while flowing between and in synchrony with atoms, what we know as EM radiation or light. EM radiation can conceivably constitute the interstitial texture of perception’s substance, so the question then is how to characterize the properties of this light energy." {Credits 1}

" EM radiation, by contrast, is much less massive and does not have nearly the same constraints as electrons or atoms. Congregates of photons can evince statistically significant entanglement correlations across distances of at least 15 km (Filmer, 2013). Light has further properties unique for electromagnetic matter, filling nonvacuum spaces populated by atomic structure as a wave, and much more readily superpositioning into additive structures than atoms, put on full display by the wide range of wavelength combinations associated with the visible spectrum. EM fields are made to undulate as EM radiation when electrons in atoms or electric currents accelerate or decelerate, and most electromagnetic matter does to some extent, so nature is saturated with light (Northwestern, n.d.). This light interacts with atoms in complex ways that are still rudimentarily understood, but we know for sure that its wavelengths can blend into atoms when energy is complementary. Many photons scatter as they collide with atoms, a phenomenon known as the Compton effect, but light also forms vibrational complexes of atomic nodes within photonic fields (Dill, 2008). Radiative/molecular superpositions as synchronously vibrating arrays of electromagnetic matter are an excellent candidate for the substance of percepts, and research into the connection between photonics and awareness is showing promise." {Credits 1}

{Credits 1} 🎪 Bond E (2023) The contribution of coherence field theory to a model of consciousness: electric currents, EM fields, and EM radiation in the brain. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 16:1020105. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.1020105. © 2023 The Author(s). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.