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Towards a quantum-like cognitive architecture for decision-making

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Catarina Moreira Open the ORCID record for Catarina Moreira [Opens in a new window] ,
Lauren Fell ,
Shahram Dehdashti Open the ORCID record for Shahram Dehdashti [Opens in a new window] ,
Peter Bruza Open the ORCID record for Peter Bruza [Opens in a new window]  and
Andreas Wichert Open the ORCID record for Andreas Wichert [Opens in a new window]
Catarina Moreira
Affiliation:
School of Information Systems, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane City QLD 4000, Australiacatarina.pintomoreira@qut.edu.aul3.fell@qut.edu.aushahram.dehdashti@qut.edu.aup.bruza@qut.edu.auhttps://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/catarina.pintomoreirahttps://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/l3.fellhttps://qutvirtual4.qut.edu.au/web/qut/person-details?id=01783299&roleCode=EMPhttps://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/p.bruza
Lauren Fell
Affiliation:
School of Information Systems, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane City QLD 4000, Australiacatarina.pintomoreira@qut.edu.aul3.fell@qut.edu.aushahram.dehdashti@qut.edu.aup.bruza@qut.edu.auhttps://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/catarina.pintomoreirahttps://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/l3.fellhttps://qutvirtual4.qut.edu.au/web/qut/person-details?id=01783299&roleCode=EMPhttps://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/p.bruza
Shahram Dehdashti
Affiliation:
School of Information Systems, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane City QLD 4000, Australiacatarina.pintomoreira@qut.edu.aul3.fell@qut.edu.aushahram.dehdashti@qut.edu.aup.bruza@qut.edu.auhttps://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/catarina.pintomoreirahttps://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/l3.fellhttps://qutvirtual4.qut.edu.au/web/qut/person-details?id=01783299&roleCode=EMPhttps://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/p.bruza
Peter Bruza
Affiliation:
School of Information Systems, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane City QLD 4000, Australiacatarina.pintomoreira@qut.edu.aul3.fell@qut.edu.aushahram.dehdashti@qut.edu.aup.bruza@qut.edu.auhttps://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/catarina.pintomoreirahttps://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/l3.fellhttps://qutvirtual4.qut.edu.au/web/qut/person-details?id=01783299&roleCode=EMPhttps://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/p.bruza
Andreas Wichert
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon/INESC-ID, 2744-016Porto Salvo, Portugal. andreas.wichert@tecnico.ulisboa.pthttp://web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/~andreas.wichert/
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Abstract

We propose an alternative and unifying framework for decision-making that, by using quantum mechanics, provides more generalised cognitive and decision models with the ability to represent more information compared to classical models. This framework can accommodate and predict several cognitive biases reported in Lieder & Griffiths without heavy reliance on heuristics or on assumptions of the computational resources of the mind.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 43 , 2020 , e17
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