Quantum and quantum-like effects across neuroscience, Volume II

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  1. Manuscript Summary Submission Deadline 27 January 2026 | Manuscript Submission Deadline 17 May 2026

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Background

Because of its apparent biological implausibility, the idea that quantum effects might be functionally relevant in neuroscience has been widely dismissed. Nevertheless, in recent years evidence that is consistent with this quantum brain hypothesis has been accumulating from diverse subfields of neuroscience. These range from theoretical and experimental results pertaining to anesthetic mechanisms, and non-standard MRI measurements reflecting consciousness at the whole-organism level, down to results demonstrating remarkable physical properties of microtubules at the subcellular level.



In parallel with these developments on the biophysical side of the field, a burgeoning quantum cognition literature has developed describing how aspects of quantum theory appear well-suited for a rigorous quantitative statistical description of a wide range of behaviors in psychology. The behavioral results are striking and robust enough that researchers have begun to consider potential neural implementations for generating quantum-like cognition.



This Topic aims to collect studies reflecting the current state of the art relevant to potential quantum effects operating in brain cells, AND quantum-like effects at the level of behavior, in order to survey the range of current evidence relevant to quantum and quantum-like functions of the brain. Because the focus of this collection is neuroscience, theoretical/modeling studies are appropriate if they address neural mechanisms.



This is the second volume of our series: Quantum and quantum-like effects across neuroscience

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Keywords: quantum, quantum-like, neuroscience, quantum cognition, psychology

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