When I was studying cognitive modelling at Waterloo, I remember more than a few people who were looking at micro and nano structures within neurons to see if th

When I was studying cognitive modelling at Waterloo, I remember more than a few people who were looking at micro and nano structures within neurons to see if the functionality was far more than simply as an amplifier and the like. In fact, one of the more intriguing ideas was one brought up by Penrose (I believe) where he believed in the possibility that there is a device within the neuron that could allow for some primitive form of quantum computation. Honestly, while I felt his idea was over reaching, the general idea that quantum noise can effect such a chaotic system was not entirely out of belief for me.