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Researchers explain human decision-making with physics theory

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You're not irrational, you're just quantum probabilistic: Researchers 
explain human decision-making with physics theory
> http://phys.org/news/2015-09-youre-irrational-quantum-probabilistic-human.html


> The next time someone accuses you of making an irrational decision,
> just explain that you're obeying the laws of quantum physics.

> A new trend taking shape in psychological science not only uses
> quantum physics to explain humans' (sometimes) paradoxical thinking,
> but may also help researchers resolve certain contradictions among
> the results of previous psychological studies.

> According to Zheng Joyce Wang and others who try to model our
> decision-making processes mathematically, the equations and axioms
> that most closely match human behavior may be ones that are rooted in
> quantum physics.

> "We have accumulated so many paradoxical findings in the field of
> cognition, and especially in decision-making," said Wang, who is an
> associate professor of communication and director of the
> Communication and Psychophysiology Lab at The Ohio State University.

> "Whenever something comes up that isn't consistent with classical
> theories, we often label it as 'irrational.' But from the perspective
> of quantum cognition, some findings aren't irrational anymore.
> They're consistent with quantum theory—and with how people really
> behave."

> In two new review papers in academic journals, Wang and her
> colleagues spell out their new theoretical approach to psychology.
> One paper appears in Current Directions in Psychological Science, and
> the other in Trends in Cognitive Sciences.


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Researchers explain human decision-making with physics theory Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 13:20 -0500
  Re: Researchers explain human decision-making with physics theory Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-09-14 13:12 -0700
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