Conditions for Quantum Interference in Cognitive Sciences

Yukalov, Vyacheslav I.; Sornette, Didier

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2268567

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Conditions for Quantum Interference in Cognitive Sciences

Topics in Cognitive Science, Vol. 6, pp. 79-90, 2014

15 Pages Posted: 27 May 2013 Last revised: 1 Feb 2014

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Vyacheslav I. Yukalov

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research; D-MTEC, ETH Zurich

Didier Sornette

Risks-X, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech); Swiss Finance Institute; ETH Zürich - Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC); Tokyo Institute of Technology

Date Written: May 22, 2013

Abstract

We present a general classification of the conditions under which cognitive science, concerned e.g. with decision making, requires the use of quantum theoretical notions. The analysis is done in the frame of the mathematical approach based on the theory of quantum measurements. We stress that quantum effects in cognition can arise only when decisions are made under uncertainty. Conditions for the appearance of quantum interference in cognitive sciences and the conditions when interference cannot arise are formulated.

Keywords: Decisions under uncertainty, Quantum measurements, Quantum probability, Conditions for interference

JEL Classification: C44, D81

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Yukalov, Vyacheslav I. and Sornette, Didier, Conditions for Quantum Interference in Cognitive Sciences (May 22, 2013). Topics in Cognitive Science, Vol. 6, pp. 79-90, 2014 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2268567 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2268567