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The aim of this chapter is to present some arguments for and against the use of the standard quantum formalism to model cognition, psychological and social behavior, decision-making, and more generally the processing of information by biosystems (from proteins and cells to brains and ecosystems).
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Khrennikov, A. (2017). Why Quantum?. In: Haven, E., Khrennikov, A. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Quantum Models in Social Science. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-49276-0_15
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