Is There a Quantum Origin in the Biological Memory?

Abstract

Under the premise that all behaviors in nature have a quantum explanation, we would like to wonder if the biological memory also possesses a quantum explanation. In this work we investigate the possibility to obtain some quantum signatures that we can recognize in processes involved in the codification of data in neurons. For this purpose, we propose to use the optical criteria in order to distinguish classical and quantum time series of photon signals. Taken into account that a neuroscientist locates the memory in the synapse configuration, we conjecture that neuronal network could be more efficient if the neuronal network functioning was considered a quantum system.