title: Quantum probability and cognitive modeling: some cautions and a promising direction in modeling physics learning.
abstract: Quantum probability theory offers a viable alternative to classical probability, although there are some ambiguities inherent in transferring the quantum formalism to a less determined realm. A number of physicists are now looking at the applicability of quantum ideas to the assessment of physics learning, an area particularly suited to quantum probability ideas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Institute for Intelligent Systems, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA. dfrncsch@memphis.edu
authors.forename: Donald R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Franceschetti
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gire
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011338:Probability Theory; D011789:Quantum Theory