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Mind States Follow Quantum Mechanics During Perception and Cognition of Ambiguous Figures: A Final Experimental Confirmation

Elio Conte, Orlando Todarello, Antonio Federici, Joseph P. Zbilut

Published Feb 13, 2008• 8 citations
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Abstract

In the first part of the paper we reach an experimental final confirmation that mental states follow quantum mechanics. In the second part further experimentation indicates that in mind states Bell inequality violation is possible.

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