The mysterious workings of quantum mechanics may also be at work in your brain. Recent research supporting this idea could lead to improved quantum computers.
How does a quantum computer work?
A new study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Physics Communications suggests that the human brain has much in common with a quantum computer. Experts say it's part of a growing body of evidence that quantum mechanisms could explain how the brain works.
“Understanding quantum computing and its algorithms could reveal some of the deeper workings of the brain,” Malik Magdon-Ismail, a professor of computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, told Lifewire in an email interview.
In their recent paper, researchers from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland found that human brains could use quantum computing. They developed the theory after adapting an idea designed to prove the existence of quantum gravity to study the human brain.
