Quantum Structures in Cognitive and Social Science

• Main Author: Sandro Sozzo (auth)
• Other Authors: Jan Broekaert (auth), Liane Gabora (auth), Diederik Aerts (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; quantum structures; Quantum cognition paradigm; decision-making; social networks; Cognitive fallacies; mathematical modeling; human cognition; Human perception
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Traditional approaches to cognitive psychology correspond with a classical view of logic and probability theory. More specifically, one typically assumes that cognitive processes of human thought are founded on the Boolean structures of classical logic, while the probabilistic aspects of these proce...