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most citedThe observer effect

36 citations · 166 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

q-bio.NC2025

The cognitive triple-slit experiment

Luca Sassoli de Bianchi, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi

Quantum cognition has made it possible to model human cognitive processes very effectively, revealing numerous parallels between the properties of conceptual entities tested by the…

quant-ph2024

The Separability Problem in Quantum Mechanics: Insights from Research on Axiomatics and Human Language

Diederik Aerts, Jonito Aerts Arguëlles, Lester Beltran +2

Einstein's article on the EPR paradox is the most cited of his works, but not many know that it was not fully representative of the way he thought about the incompleteness of the q…

quant-ph2019★ 4 cited

Violation of CHSH inequality and marginal laws in mixed sequential measurements with order effects

Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi

We model a typical Bell-test experimental situation by considering that Alice and Bob perform incompatible measurements in a sequential way, with mixed orders of execution. After e…

q-bio.NC2019★ 1 cited

Quantum entanglement in physical and cognitive systems: a conceptual analysis and a general representation

Diederik Aerts, Jonito Aerts Arguëlles, Lester Beltran +4

We provide a general description of the phenomenon of entanglement in bipartite systems, as it manifests in micro and macro physical systems, as well as in human cognitive processe…

q-bio.NC2018★ 28 cited

Modeling Human Decision-making: An Overview of the Brussels Quantum Approach

Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi, Sandro Sozzo +1

We present the fundamentals of the quantum theoretical approach we have developed in the last decade to model cognitive phenomena that resisted modeling by means of classical logic…

quant-ph2018★ 7 cited

From Quantum Axiomatics to Quantum Conceptuality

Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi, Sandro Sozzo +1

Since its inception, many physicists have seen in quantum mechanics the possibility, if not the necessity, of bringing cognitive aspects into the play, which were instead absent, o…

physics.hist-ph2017★ 26 cited

On the Conceptuality Interpretation of Quantum and Relativity Theories

Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi, Sandro Sozzo +1

How can we explain the strange behavior of quantum and relativistic entities? Why do they behave in ways that defy our intuition about how physical entities should behave, consider…

q-bio.NC2017★ 26 cited

Spin and Wind Directions II: A Bell State Quantum Model

Diederik Aerts, Jonito Aerts Arguëlles, Lester Beltran +4

In the first half of this two-part article, we analyzed a cognitive psychology experiment where participants were asked to select pairs of directions that they considered to be the…

quant-ph2016★ 7 cited

Theoretical and conceptual analysis of the celebrated 4-symmetry neutron interferometry experiments

Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi

In 1975, two experimental groups have independently observed the 4-symmetry of neutrons' spin, when passing through a static magnetic field, using a three-blade interferometer m…

q-bio.NC2015★ 23 cited

Spin and Wind Directions I: Identifying Entanglement in Nature and Cognition

Diederik Aerts, Jonito Aerts Arguëlles, Lester Beltran +4

We present a cognitive psychology experiment where participants were asked to select pairs of spatial directions that they considered to be the best example of 'Two Different Wind…

quant-ph2012★ 8 cited

God may not play dice, but human observers surely do

Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi

We investigate indeterminism in physical observations. For this, we introduce a distinction between genuinely indeterministic (creation-1 and discovery-1) observational processes,…

quant-ph2011★ 36 cited

The observer effect

Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi

Founding our analysis on the Geneva-Brussels approach to the foundations of physics, we provide a clarification and classification of the key concept of observation. An entity can…