Russia Develops Quantum Brain Models to Diagnose Dementia
The approach is designed to offer deeper insight into the brain’s structural and functional patterns.
Alexander Petukhov, head of the Nizhny Novgorod Region’s research and education center and science director at Neimark, has won Russia’s Leaders of Russia competition with a project focused on dementia diagnostics, the organizers told TASS.
The researcher developed quantum models of cognitive brain activity to better understand the organ’s structural and functional features. The validity of the models was tested using subjects’ reactions to positive and negative informational stimuli presented in different combinations.
Initial tests have been successful. Further experimental work is now required before the method can be applied to diagnosing real neurological conditions.
Thinking in Quanta
To build the models, the researcher relied on a set of rules and concepts drawn from quantum mechanics.
Looking ahead, the development could be used for objective diagnostics of neurological diseases. Running different disease scenarios through the model could help more accurately predict how conditions such as dementia may progress in individual patients.
