Quantum-Like behavior of classical systems

  • Authors:

  • Thomas Filk

  • Affiliations:

  • Institute for Physics, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Parmenides Foundation for the Study of Thinking, Munich, Germany, Institute of Frontier Areas in Psychology and Mental Health, Fre ...

  • Venue:
  • QI'12 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Quantum Interaction
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Bohmian mechanics is an example for a classical theory with a (Newtonian) ontology which reproduces all features of quantum mechanics. It is often used as a "classical" formulation of quantum mechanics, but in this article we invert the argument: Bohmian mechanics proves that there are classical systems which can show a quantum-like behavior; in particular, such models are able to explain non-classical probabilities. We analyze the general structure of Bohmian-type models and argue, that neural processes related to the correlates of mental states are likely to follow a dynamics which is similar to this class of models. Therefore, it may not be too surprising that cognitive phenomena under certain circumstances show a quantum-like behavior.