Sensitivity to Context in Human Interactions

Considering two agents responding to two (binary) questions each, we define sensitivity to context as a state of affairs such that responses to a question depend on the other agent’s questions, with the implication that it is not possible to represent the corresponding probabilities with a four-way...

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Autores principales:	Oliver Waddup, Pawel Blasiak, James M. Yearsley, Bartosz W. Wojciechowski, Emmanuel M. Pothos
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	bell inequalities decision making agent interaction quantum theory Mathematics QA1-939
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:908bbd518b484a8696fd5c2a61f0f1ff2021-11-11T18:19:27ZSensitivity to Context in Human Interactions10.3390/math92127842227-7390https://doaj.org/article/908bbd518b484a8696fd5c2a61f0f1ff2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/21/2784https://doaj.org/toc/2227-7390Considering two agents responding to two (binary) questions each, we define sensitivity to context as a state of affairs such that responses to a question depend on the other agent’s questions, with the implication that it is not possible to represent the corresponding probabilities with a four-way probability distribution. We report two experiments with a variant of a prisoner’s dilemma task (but without a Nash equilibrium), which examine the sensitivity of participants to context. The empirical results indicate sensitivity to context and add to the body of evidence that prisoner’s dilemma tasks can be constructed so that behavior appears inconsistent with baseline classical probability theory (and the assumption that decisions are described by random variables revealing pre-existing values). We fitted two closely matched models to the results, a classical one and a quantum one, and observed superior fits for the latter. Thus, in this case, sensitivity to context goes hand in hand with (epiphenomenal) entanglement, the key characteristic of the quantum model.Oliver WaddupPawel BlasiakJames M. YearsleyBartosz W. WojciechowskiEmmanuel M. PothosMDPI AGarticlebell inequalitiesdecision makingagent interactionquantum theoryMathematicsQA1-939ENMathematics, Vol 9, Iss 2784, p 2784 (2021)
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description	Considering two agents responding to two (binary) questions each, we define sensitivity to context as a state of affairs such that responses to a question depend on the other agent’s questions, with the implication that it is not possible to represent the corresponding probabilities with a four-way probability distribution. We report two experiments with a variant of a prisoner’s dilemma task (but without a Nash equilibrium), which examine the sensitivity of participants to context. The empirical results indicate sensitivity to context and add to the body of evidence that prisoner’s dilemma tasks can be constructed so that behavior appears inconsistent with baseline classical probability theory (and the assumption that decisions are described by random variables revealing pre-existing values). We fitted two closely matched models to the results, a classical one and a quantum one, and observed superior fits for the latter. Thus, in this case, sensitivity to context goes hand in hand with (epiphenomenal) entanglement, the key characteristic of the quantum model.
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title	Sensitivity to Context in Human Interactions
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title_full	Sensitivity to Context in Human Interactions
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Sensitivity to Context in Human Interactions

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