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>From: erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin)
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Subject: Re: Neo-dualism?
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Date: 24 Sep 92 13:18:17 GMT
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On neodualism: Sir John Eccles suspects that the way the mind affects the
brain is by modifying the probability of vesicle release in the synaptic
bouton, where a quantum mechanical process is known to operate at the
femtosecond level to limit release to 0 or 1 vesicle. The probability of
release of one vesicle is on the order of 1/6 per calcium pulse.

This appears to be related to memory and synaptic switching processes.
Stuart Hameroff has some interesting experimental and analytic results.

(BTW, I'm not a dualist.)

Cheers,
-- 
Harry Erwin
Internet: erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com



