Mental states follow quantum mechanics during perception and cognition of ambiguous figures

Open Systems and Information Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-100

  Conte, Elio ^a,b   Khrennikov, Andrei Yuri ^c   Todarello, Orlando ^a   Federici, Antonio ^a   Mendolicchio, Leonardo ^d   Zbilut, Joseph P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Applied Theoretical and non Linear Methodologies of Physics   (Italy)

^c International Center for Mathematical Modeling in Physics and Cognitive Sciences   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^e RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84859394828     PISSN: 12301612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1230161209000074     Document Type: Article

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