title: The potential of using quantum theory to build models of cognition.
abstract: Quantum cognition research applies abstract, mathematical principles of quantum theory to inquiries in cognitive science. It differs fundamentally from alternative speculations about quantum brain processes. This topic presents new developments within this research program. In the introduction to this topic, we try to answer three questions: Why apply quantum concepts to human cognition? How is quantum cognitive modeling different from traditional cognitive modeling? What cognitive processes have been modeled using a quantum account? In addition, a brief introduction to quantum probability theory and a concrete example is provided to illustrate how a quantum cognitive model can be developed to explain paradoxical empirical findings in psychological literature.
authors.affiliation: School of Communication, Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, The Ohio State University.
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jerome R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Busemeyer
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Atmanspacher
authors.forename: Emmanuel M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Pothos
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D019336:Cognitive Science / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011338:Probability Theory; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012107:Research Design
keywords: Classical probability; Cognitive process; Compatibility; Entanglement; Non-Boolean logic; Quantum probability