Extracting Spooky-activation-at-a-distance from considerations of entanglement
Bruza, Peter D., Kitto, Kirsty, Nelson, Douglas, & McEvoy, Cathy (2009) Extracting Spooky-activation-at-a-distance from considerations of entanglement. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5494, pp. 71-83. (In Press)
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Abstract
Following an early claim by Nelson & McEvoy \cite{Nelson:McEvoy:2007} suggesting that word associations can display `spooky action at a distance behaviour', a serious investigation of the potentially quantum nature of such associations is currently underway. This paper presents a simple quantum model of a word association system. It is shown that a quantum model of word entanglement can recover aspects of both the Spreading Activation equation and the Spooky-activation-at-a-distance equation, both of which are used to model the activation level of words in human memory.
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| ID Code: | 18702 |
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| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | quantum theory, human memory |
| Subjects: | Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES (170000) > COGNITIVE SCIENCE (170200) > Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified (170299) |
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Faculty of Science and Technology Past > Institutes > Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2009 Springer |
| Copyright Statement: | The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com |
| Deposited On: | 03 Apr 2009 08:50 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2012 00:08 |
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