The formal logic of many celebrated paradoxes of quantum measurements does not rule out the effect of observer's mind on the outcome of a measurement and even on a prehistory of a quantum system. The modern methodology of quantum mechanics offers a consistent explanation of the role of observer's consciousness in physical measurements in universal terms of interaction of a quantum system with environment, loss of quantum coherence, and unitary evolution of the state vector. In this picture, observer's consciousness is no longer an agent that changes the prehistory of a quantum system, but is rather an object of physical study. Instruments and methods based on quantum physics open a new phase in such studies.

Keywords: measurements in quantum mechanics, observer in quantum measurement, quantum decoherence PACS: 03.65.Ta, 03.65.Yz, 03.67.−a (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2017.06.038155 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2018/10/f/ 000454141800006 2-s2.0-85059188927 2018PhyU...61.1016Z Citation: Zheltikov A M "The critique of quantum mind: measurement, consciousness, delayed choice, and lost coherence" Phys. Usp. 61 1016–1025 (2018) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)Medline RefWorks RT Journal T1 The critique of quantum mind: measurement, consciousness, delayed choice, and lost coherence A1 Zheltikov,A.M. PB Physics-Uspekhi PY 2018 FD 10 Oct, 2018 JF Physics-Uspekhi JO Phys. Usp. VO 61 IS 10 SP 1016-1025 DO 10.3367/UFNe.2017.06.038155 LK https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2018/10/f/ Received: 24th, April 2017, revised: 16th, June 2017, accepted: 21st, June 2017 Оригинал: Жёлтиков А М «Критика квантового разума: измерение, сознание, отложенный выбор и утраченная когерентность» УФН 188 1119–1128 (2018); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2017.06.038155