This fourth spatial dimension isnвЂ™t time. He hypothesizes that the mental field lies in another dimension: вЂњThat we cannot directly perceive this information aspect is traditionally ascribed to a hidden fourth spatial dimension вЂ¦ which cannot be observed in our 3-D world, but can be mathematically derived.вЂќ (Illustration вЂ“ sakkmesterke/Shutterstock) The mind may reside in another spatial dimension. Such an apparent paradox is a signature of quantum physics. The mind and the brain, said Meijer, are connected. Similarly, Meijer said the mental field is both non-material and, simultaneously, part of the physical brain: вЂњThe proposed mental workspace is regarded to be non-material, but in relation to the individual brain, entertains a non-dual wave/particle relation according to quantum physical principles: it is directly dependent on the brain physiology but not reducible to it.вЂќ (Illustration вЂ“ ittipon/Galushko Sergey/goja1/Shutterstock) The idea is that particles, such as electrons and photons, exist as waves of probability, but also exist as particles in the event of those probabilities collapsing. If a вЂњmindвЂќ or mental field could interact with the brain this way, that could be a step toward explaining the rapidity of mental processes.В Meijer also used the wave-particle fluctuation of matter in quantum physics to explain the relationship between the mental field and brain. Principles of quantum physics may explain how the mind processes information. So they could help explain ultra-fast subconscious mental processes. These quantum phenomena allow for processes so rapid - exceeding the speed of lightВ -В they canвЂ™t be explained with classical physics. Quantum tunneling is a phenomenon where a particle tunnels through a barrier it shouldnвЂ™t be able to according to classical physics. When actions are performed on one of the particles, corresponding changes are observed on the others simultaneously and instantaneously. Quantum entanglement is where particles appear to be connected despite vast distances between them. MeijerВ has turned to quantum entanglement and tunneling for part of the answer. Neuroscientists are still searching for a mechanism behind this вЂњbindingвЂќ of disparate parts of the brainвЂ™s information processing. Information merges and interacts in the brain more quickly than can be explained by current understandings of neural transmissions in the brain.В It thus seems the mind is more than just neurons firing in the brain. But thisВ all somehow comes together as a unified perception, or consciousness. ThereвЂ™s an unsolved mystery in neuroscience called the вЂњ binding problem.вЂќВ Different parts of the brain handle different tasks: some work on processing color, some on processing sound, etc. He described this field alternately as вЂњa holographic structured field,вЂќ a вЂњreceptive mental workspace,вЂќ a вЂњmeta-cognitive domain,вЂќ and the вЂњglobal memory space of the individual.вЂќ Extremely rapid functions of the brain suggest it processes information through a mechanism not yet revealed. In other words, the вЂњmindвЂќ is a field that exists around the brain it picks up information from outside and communicates it into the brain at an extremely fast speed. It then вЂњtransmits wave information into the brain tissue, that вЂ¦ is instrumental in high-speed conscious and subconscious information processing,вЂќВ wrote Dirk.

This field may be able to pick up information from the EarthвЂ™s magnetic field, dark energy, and other sources. This has certain similarities with a black hole. It shares information with the brain through a concept known as quantum entanglement, among other processes. Meijer, a professor at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, hypothesizes that consciousness resides in a field surrounding the brain, a field which lies in another dimension. Dirk Meijer sakkmesterke/Shutterstock)Дr. The peer-reviewed scientific journal NeuroQuantology brings together neuroscience and quantum physics - a crossroads that some scientists have used to explore this fundamental relationship between mind and brain.ДЄn article published in NeuroQuantologyвЂ™s September 2017 edition reviews and expands on current theories of consciousness that arise from this meeting of neuro and quantum sciences. But some strive to scientifically understand the existence of a mind independent of, or at least to some degree separate from, the brain. Some say the mind is strictly a function of the brain - consciousness is the product of firing neurons. The relationship between the mind and the brain is a mystery that is central to how we understand our very existence as sentient beings.

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