Testing quantum-like markers in neural dynamics
Neurons and Cognition
2026-04-22 v2 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We propose two experiments for identifying quantum markers in neural data based on quantum variants of well-known equations for neural activity that describe electrical signal propagation on axonal arbors and dendrites. These include (i) testing if power spectra from subthreshold oscillations in neuronal cultures follow the classical Fitzgugh-Nagumo equations or a recently introduced quantum variant of them and (ii) testing if propagation statistics of electrical activity in axons follow the classical diffusive cable equation or a quantum variant of it.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2508.21490,
title = {Testing quantum-like markers in neural dynamics},
author = {Partha Ghose and Dimitris Pinotsis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.21490},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
12 pages, one figure; thouroughly revised; title slightly changed; Abstract also changed accordingly