What Path Monitor: A Brief Note on Quantum Cognition and Quantum Interference, the Role of the Knowledge Factor

Elio Conte^1,2*

¹School of Advanced International Studies on Applied Theoretical and Non-Linear Methodologies of Physics, Bari, Italy.
²Department of Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.

DOI: 10.4236/psych.2015.63029                

Abstract

We discuss a celebrated experiment of quantum mechanics to evidence that quantum mechanics delineates a novel feature of our reality in which cognition enters as primary element, strongly linked ab initio to the dynamics of matter.

Keywords

Quantum Cognition, Human Cognition, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Interference

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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