Quantum mechanics, interference, and the brain |
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Authors: | J. Acacio de Barros |
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Affiliation: | a Liberal Studies Program, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA 94132-1722, United States b CSLI, Stanford University, 220 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305-4101, United States |
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Abstract: | In this paper we discuss the use of quantum mechanics to model psychological experiments, starting by sharply contrasting the need of these models to use quantum mechanical nonlocality instead of contextuality. We argue that contextuality, in the form of quantum interference, is the only relevant quantum feature used. Nonlocality does not play a role in those models. Since contextuality is also present in classical models, we propose that classical systems be used to reproduce the quantum models used. We also discuss how classical interference in the brain may lead to contextual processes, and what neural mechanisms may account for it. |
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Keywords: | Quantum mechanics Contextuality Oscillators Classical fields Interference |
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