Quantum structure in cognition

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 314-348

  Aerts, Diederik ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Concept conjunction; Concept theories; Fock space; Guppy effect; Hilbert space; Interference; Overextension; Quantum mechanics; Superposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350284572     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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