The scientific study of consciousness has intensified over the past few years. New technological developments in measurement and computer simulation have enabled the closer investigation of one the most “mysterious” phenomena in nature, namely the subjective experience of awareness.

Neuroscience, aspiring to provide a complete theoretical framework for brain dynamics, has greatly advanced the level of understanding of the intricate machinery of the brain. Recently, the field has been enriched with radical ideas from quantum physics and yet no concise scientific theory of the mind exists so far.

In 2001 George Zarkadakis published an academic paper (Zarkadakis, G. (2001), "Noetics: A proposal for a theoretical approach to consciousness", Proceedings of International Conference “Toward a Science of Consciousness: Sweden 2001; Consciousness and its place in Nature”, University of Skovde, Sweden, 7-11 August 2001.) suggesting a theoretical framework for such a theory.
The theory is called Noetics and is based on the systemic categorization of noetic phenomena.

Noetics, the science of the mind, seeks to construct a theoretical    

framework and experimental paradigms in order to explore the interrelationship between those categories. A “Noetic theory” may thus arise by regarding the brain as an entropy-reducing computation machine where massively parallel computations at the neural and sub-neural level give rise to noetic phenomena in groups of neurons at various anatomical areas of the neocortex. These computations may possibly be of a quantum nature, as it has been suggested by other researchers, but this is not necessary in order to arrive at the information magnitudes necessary for consciousness. Complexity and information theory suffice to provide the theoretical base for further exploration.

In this context, Consciousness arises around attractors of neural computations called “critical points”, which link the various categories of noetic phenomena together.
The development of Noetics is expected to lead to the creation of Noetic Machines, with the capability to have their own individual noetic life, on the basis of somatic selection and experiential development.

A book by George Zarkadakis has been published in Greece in 2000, that expanded on the Noetic Theory.