{"title":"A Unified Holographic Framework for neural computation and consciousness: From lipid membranes to the Schumann resonance","authors":"Marco Cavaglià, Jack A. Tuszynski","doi":"10.1016/j.biosystems.2025.105669","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding conscious experience requires looking beyond neuronal circuits alone. We propose that lipid membranes, vicinal water, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) form a coherent substrate capable of holographic encoding and coupling to endogenous/exogenous electromagnetic fields (EMF). In what follows: (i) we formulate four postulates (membrane as holographic plate; water as coherence medium; holographic read–write; environmental coupling), (ii) we present a dual-layer model (membrane–water–CSF ↔ EMF) and a one-panel graphical overview, (iii) we integrate the framework with existing theories, and (iv) we outline falsifiable experimental strategies and metrics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50730,"journal":{"name":"Biosystems","volume":"259 ","pages":"Article 105669"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Biosystems","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303264725002795","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/12/15 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Understanding conscious experience requires looking beyond neuronal circuits alone. We propose that lipid membranes, vicinal water, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) form a coherent substrate capable of holographic encoding and coupling to endogenous/exogenous electromagnetic fields (EMF). In what follows: (i) we formulate four postulates (membrane as holographic plate; water as coherence medium; holographic read–write; environmental coupling), (ii) we present a dual-layer model (membrane–water–CSF ↔ EMF) and a one-panel graphical overview, (iii) we integrate the framework with existing theories, and (iv) we outline falsifiable experimental strategies and metrics.
期刊介绍:
BioSystems encourages experimental, computational, and theoretical articles that link biology, evolutionary thinking, and the information processing sciences. The link areas form a circle that encompasses the fundamental nature of biological information processing, computational modeling of complex biological systems, evolutionary models of computation, the application of biological principles to the design of novel computing systems, and the use of biomolecular materials to synthesize artificial systems that capture essential principles of natural biological information processing.