The Electromagnetic Will

McFadden, Johnjoe

doi:10.3390/neurosci2030021

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“…There are sound theoretical grounds (McFadden J., 2002 ) and abundant experimental evidence that neural firing rates are indeed influenced by the brain's endogenous EM field [summarized in my recent paper (McFadden, 2020 )]. In the cemi field theory, that influence is proposed to be experienced as what we call our “free will,” the output of our conscious mind (McFadden, 2021c ). So, in EMF 1 -ToCs, neurons act as both transmitters and receivers of EM field-based conscious thoughts forming the strange loop proposed by philosopher Hofstadter ( 1979 , 2007 ) to be central to consciousness.…”

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Consciousness: Matter or EMF?

McFadden

2023

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Conventional theories of consciousness (ToCs) that assume that the substrate of consciousness is the brain's neuronal matter fail to account for fundamental features of consciousness, such as the binding problem. Field ToC's propose that the substrate of consciousness is the brain's best accounted by some kind of field in the brain. Electromagnetic (EM) ToCs propose that the conscious field is the brain's well-known EM field. EM-ToCs were first proposed only around 20 years ago primarily to account for the experimental discovery that synchronous neuronal firing was the strongest neural correlate of consciousness (NCC). Although EM-ToCs are gaining increasing support, they remain controversial and are often ignored by neurobiologists and philosophers and passed over in most published reviews of consciousness. In this review I examine EM-ToCs against established criteria for distinguishing between ToCs and demonstrate that they outperform all conventional ToCs and provide novel insights into the nature of consciousness as well as a feasible route toward building artificial consciousnesses.

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Consciousness: Matter or EMF?

McFadden

2023

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…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 ).…”

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

Bond

2023

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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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.

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“…Although most researchers-exceptions are, for example, McFadden (2021) and Johnson-Laird (1988)-are convinced that there is no central control instance for voluntary actions (cf. Singer, 2002), brain regions have been identified whose concerted action presumably accompanies the formation and execution of volitional acts.…”

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Determinism revisited: Implications for the free will debate.

Helfrich

2023

Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice

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The Electromagnetic Will

Cited by 11 publications

References 73 publications

Consciousness: Matter or EMF?

Consciousness: Matter or EMF?

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

Determinism revisited: Implications for the free will debate.

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