Application of Non-Kolmogorovian Probability and Quantum Adaptive Dynamics to Unconscious Inference in Visual Perception ProcessShow others and affiliations
2016 (English)In: Open systems & information dynamics, ISSN 1230-1612, E-ISSN 1573-1324, Vol. 23, no 2, article id 1650011Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Recently a novel quantum information formalism - quantum adaptive dynamics - was developed and applied to modelling of information processing by bio-systems including cognitive phenomena: from molecular biology (glucose-lactose metabolism for E.coli bacteria, epigenetic evolution) to cognition, psychology. From the foundational point of view quantum adaptive dynamics describes mutual adapting of the information states of two interacting systems (physical or biological) as well as adapting of co-observations performed by the systems. In this paper we apply this formalism to model unconscious inference: the process of transition from sensation to perception. The paper combines theory and experiment. Statistical data collected in an experimental study on recognition of a particular ambiguous figure, the Schroer stairs, support the viability of the quantum(-like) model of unconscious inference including modelling of biases generated by rotation-contexts. From the probabilistic point of view, we study (for concrete experimental data) the problem of contextuality of probability, its dependence on experimental contexts. Mathematically contextuality leads to non-Komogorovness: probability distributions generated by various rotation contexts cannot be treated in the Kolmogorovian framework. At the same time they can be embedded in a "big Kolmogorov space" as conditional probabilities. However, such a Kolmogorov space has too complex structure and the operational quantum formalism in the form of quantum adaptive dynamics simplifies the modelling essentially.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2016. Vol. 23, no 2, article id 1650011
National Category
Physical Sciences Mathematics
Research subject
Natural Science, Mathematics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-57090DOI: 10.1142/S1230161216500116ISI: 000382850400004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84982804409OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-57090DiVA, id: diva2:1033433
2016-10-062016-10-062018-05-17Bibliographically approved