title: A quantum of truth? Querying the alternative benchmark for human cognition.
abstract: We focus on two issues: (1) an unusual, counterintuitive prediction that quantum probability (QP) theory appears to make regarding multiple sequential judgments, and (2) the extent to which QP is an appropriate and comprehensive benchmark for assessing judgment. These issues highlight how QP theory can fall prey to the same problems of arbitrariness that Pothos & Busemeyer (P&B) discuss as plaguing other models.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052 NSW, Australia. ben.newell@unsw.edu
authors.forename: Ben R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Newell
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Ravenzwaaij
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Donkin
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011338:Probability Theory; D011789:Quantum Theory