Uncertainty is an intrinsic part of life; most events, affairs, and questions are uncertain. A key
problem in behavioral sciences is how the mind copes with uncertain information. Quantum …

Classical (Bayesian) probability (CP) theory has led to an influential research tradition for
modeling cognitive processes. Cognitive scientists have been trained to work with CP …

Much of our understanding of human thinking is based on probabilistic models. This
innovative book by Jerome R. Busemeyer and Peter D. Bruza argues that, actually, the …

There is an underlying assumption in the social sciences that consciousness and social life
are ultimately classical physical/material phenomena. In this ground-breaking book …

Quantum mechanics provides the most accurate microscopic description of the world around
us, yet the interface between quantum mechanics and biology is only now being explored …

Whole Brain Emulation: A Roadmap Page 1 Whole Brain Emulation A Roadmap (2008)
Technical Report #2008-3 Anders Sandberg* Nick Bostrom Future of Humanity Institute …

The recognition that human minds/brains are finite systems with limited resources for
computation has led some researchers to advance the Tractable Cognition thesis: Human …

Intractability is a growing concern across the cognitive sciences: while many models of
cognition can describe and predict human behavior in the lab, it remains unclear how these …

In their article, Is the Brain a Quantum Computer,? Litt, Eliasmith, Kroon, Weinstein, and
Thagard (2006) criticize the Penrose–Hameroff “Orch OR” quantum computational model of …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the field devoted to building artificial animals (or at least artificial
creatures that–in suitable contexts–appear to be animals) and, for many, artificial persons …