Is there something quantum-like about the human mental lexicon?

被引:112
作者
Bruza, Peter [1 ]
Kitto, Kirsty [1 ]
Nelson, Douglas [2 ]
McEvoy, Cathy [3 ]
机构
[1] Queensland Univ Technol, Fac Sci & Technol, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia
[2] Univ S Florida, Dept Psychol, Tampa, FL 33620 USA
[3] Univ S Florida, Sch Ageing Studies, Tampa, FL 33620 USA
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
Quantum theory; Contextuality; Semantic structure; Human memory experiments; Quantum interaction; SPREADING ACTIVATION; IMPLICIT; MEMORY; WORD;
D O I
10.1016/j.jmp.2009.04.004
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
Following an early claim by Nelson and McEvoy suggesting that word associations can display 'spooky action at a distance behaviour', a serious investigation of the potentially quantum nature of such associations is currently underway. In this paper quantum theory is proposed as a framework suitable for modelling the human mental lexicon, specifically the results obtained from both intralist and extralist word association experiments. Some initial models exploring this hypothesis are discussed, and experiments capable of testing these models proposed. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:362 / 377
页数:16
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