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On the Nature of the Human Mind: The Cognit Space Theory

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Quantum Interaction (QI 2011)

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The Cognit Space theory of how the human mind works is presented. A new version of the “Two Minds” hypothesis is introduced, separating the Human Evolutionary Adapted Mind (HEAM) from the Tabula Rasa Mind (TRM). Consciousness is suggested to be the real time optimisation of a mental state wavepacket with respect to a person’s value system.

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  1. St Peter’s College, University of Oxford, New Inn Hall Street, OX1 2DL, UK

    George Economides

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  1. School of Computing, The Robert Gordon University, St. Andrew Street, AB25 1HG, Aberdeen, U.K.

    Dawei Song

  2. Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua, Via Gradenigo 6/B, 35131, Padova, Italy

    Massimo Melucci

  3. Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Bedfordshire, Park Square, LU1 3JU, Luton, UK

    Ingo Frommholz

  4. School of Computing, The Robert Gordon University, St. Andrew Street, AB25 1HG, Aberdeen, UK

    Peng Zhang  & Lei Wang  & 

  5. School of Computing, University of Glasgow, 18 Lilybank Gardens, G 128 QQ, Glasgow, UK

    Sachi Arafat

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Economides, G. (2011). On the Nature of the Human Mind: The Cognit Space Theory. In: Song, D., Melucci, M., Frommholz, I., Zhang, P., Wang, L., Arafat, S. (eds) Quantum Interaction. QI 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7052. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24971-6_20

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