?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=On+the+Quantum+Mechanical+Wave+Function+as+a+Link+Between+Cognition+and+the+Physical+World%3A+A+Role+for+Psychology&rft.creator=Snyder%2C+Douglas&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=A+straightforward+explanation+of+fundamental+tenets+of+quantum+mechanics+concerning+the+wave+function+results+in+the+thesis+that+the+quantum+mechanical+wave+function+is+a+link+between+human+cognition+and+the+physical+world.++The+reticence+on+the+part+of+physicists+to+adopt+this+thesis+is+discussed.++A+comparison+is+made+to+the+behaviorists'+consideration+of+mind%2C+and+the+historical+roots+of+how+the+problem+concerning+the+quantum+mechanical+wave+function+arose+are+discussed.++The+basis+for+an+empirical+demonstration+that+the+wave+function+is+a+link+between+human+cognition+and+the+physical+world+is+provided+through+developing+an+experiment+using+methodology+from+psychology+and+physics.++Based+on+research+in+psychology+and+physics+that+relied+on+this+methodology%2C+it+is+likely+that+Einstein%2C+Podolsky%2C+and+Rosen's+theoretical+result+that+mutually+exclusive+wave+functions+can+simultaneously+apply+to+the+same+concrete+physical+circumstances+can+be+implemented+on+an+empirical+level.&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2196%2F3%2Fperception.pdf&rft.identifier=++Snyder%2C+Douglas++(1995)+On+the+Quantum+Mechanical+Wave+Function+as+a+Link+Between+Cognition+and+the+Physical+World%3A+A+Role+for+Psychology.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2196%2F