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Mental States Follow Quantum Mechanics During Perception and Cognition of Ambiguous Figures

Published:2009-03 Issue:01 Volume:16 Page:85-100
ISSN:1230-1612
Container-title:Open Systems & Information Dynamics
language:en
Short-container-title:Open Syst. Inf. Dyn.

Author:

Conte Elio¹²,Khrennikov Andrei Yuri³,Todarello Orlando⁴,Federici Antonio¹,Mendolicchio Leonardo⁵,Zbilut Joseph P.⁶

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pharmacology and Human Physiology – TIRES – Center for Innovative Technologies for Signal Detection and Processing, University of Bari, Italy

2. School of Advanced International Studies for Applied Theoretical and Non Linear Methodologies of Physics, Bari, Italy

3. International Center for Mathematical Modeling in Physics and Cognitive Sciences, MSI, University of Växjö, S–35195, Sweden

4. Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Bari, Italy

5. Department of Mental Health, University of Foggia, Italy

6. Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, 1653 W, Congress, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

Abstract

Processes undergoing quantum mechanics exhibit quantum interference effects. In this case, quantum probabilities result to be different from classical ones because they contain an additional so-called quantum interference term. We use ambiguous figures to analyse if during perception-cognition by human subjects we can observe violation of the classical probability field and the presence of quantum interference. The experiments, conducted on a group of 256 subjects, evidence that we indeed have such a quantum effect. Therefore, mental states, during perception and cognition of ambiguous figures, appear to follow quantum mechanics.

Publisher

World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

Subject

Mathematical Physics,Statistics and Probability,Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Link

https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S1230161209000074

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