Can the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics be applied to psychology?

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作者
Khrennikov, Andrei [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Vaxjo, Int Ctr Math Modeling Phys & Cognit Sci, S-35195 Vaxjo, Sweden
来源
QUANTUM INFORMATICS 2007 | 2008年 / 7023卷
关键词
quantum and quantum-like probability; psychology; cognitive science; prisoner's dilemma; Shafir-Tversky gambling and PD experiments; Savage's sure thing principle; rational behavior; interference of probabilities; trigonometric and hyperbolic interference; quantum-like representation algorithm;
D O I
10.1117/12.801899
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We show that (in contrast to rather common opinion) the domain of applications of the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics is not restricted to physics. This formalism can be applied to the description of various quantum-like (QL) information processing. In particular, the calculus of quantum (and more general QL) probabilities can be used to explain some paradoxical statistical data which was obtained in psychology and cognitive science. We consider the QL description of prisoners dilemma (PD) and so called disjunction effect (violation of Savage's sure thing principle which plays the fundamental role in modern economics).
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