?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Spin-Mediated+Consciousness+Theory%3A+An+Approach+Based+On+Pan-Protopsychism&rft.creator=Hu%2C+Huping&rft.creator=Wu%2C+Maoxin&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=As+an+alternative+to+our+original+dualistic+approach%2C+we+present+here+our+spin-mediated+consciousness+theory+based+on+pan-protopsychism.+We+postulate+that+consciousness+is+intrinsically+connected+to+quantum+mechanical+spin+since+said+spin+is+embedded+in+the+microscopic+structure+of+spacetime+and+may+be+more+fundamental+than+spacetime+itself.+Thus%2C+we+theorize+that+consciousness+emerges+quantum+mechanically+from+the+collective+dynamics+of+%22protopsychic%22+spins+under+the+influence+of+spacetime+dynamics.+That+is%2C+spin+is+the+%22pixel%22+of+mind.+The+unity+of+mind+is+achieved+by+quantum+entanglement+of+the+mind-pixels.+Applying+these+ideas+to+the+particular+structures+and+dynamics+of+the+brain%2C+we+postulate+that+the+human+mind+works+as+follows%3A+The+nuclear+spin+ensembles+(%22NSE%22)+in+both+neural+membranes+and+proteins+quantum+mechanically+process+consciousness-related+information+such+that+conscious+experience+emerges+from+the+collapses+of+entangled+quantum+states+of+NSE+under+the+influence+of+the+underlying+spacetime+dynamics.+Said+information+is+communicated+to+NSE+through+strong+spin-spin+couplings+by+biologically+available+unpaired+electronic+spins+such+as+those+carried+by+rapidly+diffusing+oxygen+molecules+and+neural+transmitter+nitric+oxides+that+extract+information+from+their+diffusing+pathways+in+the+brain.+In+turn%2C+the+dynamics+of+NSE+has+effects+through+spin+chemistry+on+the+classical+neural+activities+such+as+action+potentials+and+receptor+functions+thus+influencing+the+classical+neural+networks+of+said+brain.+We+also+present+supporting+evidence+and+make+important+predictions.+We+stress+that+our+theory+is+experimentally+verifiable+with+present+technologies.&rft.date=2002-10&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2579%2F1%2FSpinMind2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hu%2C+Huping+and+Wu%2C+Maoxin++(2002)+Spin-Mediated+Consciousness+Theory%3A+An+Approach+Based+On+Pan-Protopsychism.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2579%2F