Order effects in sequential measurements of non-commuting psychological observables

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 274-280

  Atmanspacher, H ^a,b   Romer H ^c  

^a Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health   (Germany)

^b Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Collegium Helveticum   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalized quantum theory; Non commutative operations; Order effects; Sequential measurements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866112265     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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