A Preliminary Experimental Verification On the Possibility of Bell Inequality Violation in Mental States

被引:53
作者
Conte, Elio [1 ,2 ]
Khrennikov, Andrei Yuri [3 ]
Todarello, Orlando [4 ]
De Robertis, Roberta [4 ]
Federici, Antonio [1 ]
Zbilut, Joseph P. [5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bari, Dept Pharmacol & Human Physiol, TIRES, Ctr Innovat Technol Signal Detect Proc, I-70121 Bari, Italy
[2] Sch Adv Int Studies Appl Theoret & Non Linear Met, Bari, Italy
[3] Univ Vaxjo, MSI, Int Ctr Math Modelling Phys & Cognit Sci, S-35195 Vaxjo, Sweden
[4] Univ Bari, Dept Neurol & Psychiat Sci, I-70121 Bari, Italy
[5] Rush Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Physiol & Mol Biophys, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
关键词
perception-cognition of ambiguous figures; test of Bell inequality for mental states; cognition and quantum mechanics; quantum cognitive observables; neurophysiological correlates of quantum cognitive observables;
D O I
10.14704/nq.2008.6.3.178
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
For the first time we perform an experiment to test the possibility of Bell's inequality violation in mental states, during perception-cognition in humans. We study under a theoretical and experimental framework, a Bell-type test for human perception-cognition of ambiguous figures. It is performed a detailed analysis which demonstrates that, although we have not yet been able to violate Bell's inequality in the present performed experiment, there are strong theoretical arguments supporting our expectation to violate it by a simple articulation of the same experiment. In this framework we introduce for the first time what we retain to represent quantum cognitive observables. We consider that our analysis provides a solid ground for further investigations on quantum behaviour of cognitive systems. Therefore we reaffirm that quantum mechanics is a Giano Bifronte theory (two-faced Giano, a mythological God of the past), looking from one hand to physical reality and from the other hand to the sphere of mental reality and cognitive dynamics.
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