title: Conditions for quantum interference in cognitive sciences.
abstract: We present a general classification of the conditions under which cognitive science, concerned, e.g. with decision making, requires the use of quantum theoretical notions. The analysis is done in the frame of the mathematical approach based on the theory of quantum measurements. We stress that quantum effects in cognition can arise only when decisions are made under uncertainty. Conditions for the appearance of quantum interference in cognitive sciences and the conditions when interference cannot arise are formulated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, Technology and Economics, ETH Zürich; Bogolubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
authors.forename: Vyacheslav I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Yukalov
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sornette
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D019336:Cognitive Science / Q000379:methods*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011789:Quantum Theory; D035501:Uncertainty
keywords: Conditions for interference; Decisions under uncertainty; Quantum measurements; Quantum probability