title: Quantum models of cognition as Orwellian newspeak.
abstract: Faced with probabilistic relationships between causes and effects, quantum theory assumes that deterministic causes do not exist, and that only incomplete probabilistic expressions of knowledge are possible. As in its application to physics, this fundamental epistemological stance severely limits the ability of quantum theory to provide insight and understanding in human cognition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine CA 92697-5100, USA. mdlee@uci.edu
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Wolf
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vanpaemel
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011338:Probability Theory; D011789:Quantum Theory