title: The Necker-Zeno model for bistable perception.
abstract: A novel conceptual framework for theoretical psychology is presented and illustrated for the example of bistable perception. A basic formal feature of this framework is the non-commutativity of operations acting on mental states. A corresponding model for the bistable perception of ambiguous stimuli, the Necker-Zeno model, is sketched and some empirical evidence for it so far is described. It is discussed how a temporal non-locality of mental states, predicted by the model, can be understood and tested.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology, Freiburg; Collegium Helveticum, ZüFCrich.
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Atmanspacher
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Filk
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011336:Probability; D011584:Psychology; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013995:Time; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Acategorial states; Bell inequality; Bistable perception; Cognitive time scales; Necker-Zeno model; Non-commuting operations; Temporal nonlocality