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This paper introduces the Dual-System Thinking (DST) model, a decision-theoretic framework that integrates psychological dual-process theories into economic modeling. A single cognitive weight parameter governs the relative influence of the…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2026-05-28 Yusufcan Masatlioglu , Tri Phu Vu

We all are fascinated by the phenomena of intelligent behavior, as generated both by our own brains and by the brains of other animals. As physicists we would like to understand if there are some general principles that govern the structure…

Biological Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 William Bialek

In quantum game theory, one of the most intriguing and important questions is, "Is it possible to get quantum advantages without any modification of the classical game?" The answer to this question so far has largely been negative. So far,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-16 Jeongho Bang , Junghee Ryu , Marcin Pawłowski , B. S. Ham , Jinhyoung Lee

We propose a non-substance dualism theory, following Heisenberg: The world consists of both ontologically real possibilities that do not obey Aristotle's Law of the Excluded Middle, and ontologically real Actuals that do o0bey the Law of…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2021-01-06 Stuart Kauffman , Dean Radin

Within the familiar circuit-based quantum computational setting, we introduce and analyze a toy model of a quantum physical device capable of internal, self-referential deliberation. The key idea is to represent ``deliberation'' as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-13 Andrei Galiautdinov

The Quantum Decision Theory, developed recently by the authors, is applied to clarify the role of risk and uncertainty in decision making and in particular in relation to the phenomenon of dynamic inconsistency. By formulating this notion…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-05-13 V. I. Yukalov , D. Sornette

In the present article we use the quantum formalism to describe the process of choice under rational ignorance. We consider as a basic task a question or an issue where the only answers are 0 and 1. We show that under rational ignorance the…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Riccardo Franco

The mathematical formalism of quantum theory has been successfully used in human cognition to model decision processes and to deliver representations of human knowledge. As such, quantum cognition inspired tools have improved technologies…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2015-12-31 Diederik Aerts , Jan Broekaert , Sandro Sozzo , Tomas Veloz

In this paper the authors extend [1] and provide more details of how the brain may act like a quantum computer. In particular, positing the difference between voltages on two axons as the environment for ions undergoing spatial…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2022-11-15 Aman Chawla , Salvatore Domenic Morgera

Norbert Wiener and J.B.S. Haldane suggested during the early thirties that the profound changes in our conception of matter entailed by quantum theory opens the way for our thoughts, and other experiential or mind-like qualities, to play a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Henry P. Stapp

Human-centered systems of systems such as social networks, Internet of Things, or healthcare systems are growingly becoming major facets of modern life. Realistic models of human behavior in such systems play a significant role in their…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-01-28 Aghdas. Meghdadi , M. R. Akbarzadeh-T. , Kourosh Javidan

In order to create a novel model of memory and brain function, we focus our approach on the sub-molecular (electron), molecular (tubulin) and macromolecular (microtubule) components of the neural cytoskeleton. Due to their size and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Mershin , D. V. Nanopoulos , E. M. C. Skoulakis

Based on the ideas of quantum physics and dual-process theory of human reasoning that takes into account two primary mechanisms of reasoning : 1) deductive rational thinking and 2) intuitive heuristic judgment, we proposed the "quantum"…

Physics and Society · Physics 2013-10-01 E. D. Vol

This article presents a new quantum-like model for cognition explicitly based on knowledge. It is shown that this model, called QKT (quantum knowledge-based theory), is able to coherently describe some experimental results that are…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2016-11-29 Riccardo Franco

We report on the first proof-of-concept system demonstrating how one can control a qubit with mental activity. We developed a method to encode neural correlates of mental activity as instructions for a quantum computer. Brain signals are…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2022-01-05 Eduardo Reck Miranda , Satvik Venkatesh , Jose D. Martın-Guerrero , Carlos Hernani-Morales , Lucas Lamata , Enrique Solano

In mathematical psychology, recent models for human decision-making use Quantum Decision Theory to capture important human-centric features such as order effects and violation of the sure-thing principle (total probability law). We…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-19 Luke Snow , Vikram Krishnamurthy , Brian M. Sadler

Quantum-like (QL) modeling, one of the outcomes of the quantum information revolution, extends quantum theory methods beyond physics to decision theory and cognitive psychology. While effective in explaining paradoxes in decision making and…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-11-18 Andrei Khrennikov , Atsushi Iriki , Irina Basieva

We develop a kind of quantum formalism (Hilbert space probabilistic calculus) for measurements performed over cognitive (in particular, conscious) systems. By using this formalism we could predict averages of cognitive observables.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrei Khrennikov

Offline reinforcement learning enables policy learning from pre-collected datasets without environment interaction, but existing Decision Transformer (DT) architectures struggle with long-horizon credit assignment and complex state-action…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-18 Abraham Itzhak Weinberg

Attention to the very physical aspects of information characterizes the current research in quantum computation, quantum cryptography and quantum communication. In most of the cases quantum description of the system provides advantages over…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Edward W. Piotrowski , Jan Sladkowski