Is there something quantum-like about the human mental lexicon?

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 362-377

  Bruza, Peter ^a   Kitto, Kirsty ^a   Nelson, Douglas ^b   McEvoy, Cathy ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextuality; Human memory experiments; Quantum interaction; Quantum theory; Semantic structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350292658     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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