Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychology, Banner-University Medical Center,Center for Consciousness Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ, AZ.
Cogn Neurosci. 2021 Jan-Jan;12(2):74-76. doi: 10.1080/17588928.2020.1839037. Epub 2020 Nov 24.
The 'Orch OR' theory attributes consciousness to quantum computations in microtubules inside brain neurons. Quantum computers process information as superpositions of multiple possibilities (quantum bits or qubits) which, in Orch OR, are alternative collective dipole oscillations orchestrated ('Orch') by microtubules. These orchestrated oscillations entangle, compute, and terminate ('collapse of the wavefunction') by Penrose objective reduction ('OR'), resulting in sequences of Orch OR moments with orchestrated conscious experience (metaphorically more like music than computation). Each Orch OR event selects microtubule states which govern neuronal functions. Orch OR has broad explanatory power, and is easily falsifiable.
“Orch OR”理论将意识归因于大脑神经元中的微管中的量子计算。量子计算机以多个可能性（量子位或量子比特）的叠加方式处理信息，而在“Orch OR”中，这些替代的集体偶极子振荡是由微管协调（“Orch”）的。这些协调的振荡通过彭罗斯客观还原（“OR”）进行纠缠、计算和终止（“波函数坍缩”），从而产生一系列协调的有意识体验的“Orch OR”瞬间（比喻上更像是音乐而不是计算）。每个“Orch OR”事件都会选择控制神经元功能的微管状态。“Orch OR”具有广泛的解释力，并且易于被证伪。
