?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Violation+of+Bell+Inequalities+in+the+Macroworld&rft.creator=Aerts%2C+Diederik&rft.creator=Aerts%2C+Sven&rft.creator=Broekaert%2C+Jan&rft.creator=Gabora%2C+Liane&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=We+show+that+Bell+inequalities+can+be+violated+in+the+macroscopic+world.%0AThe+macroworld+violation+is+illustrated+using+an+example+involving%0Aconnected+vessels%0Aof+water.++We+show+that+whether+the%0Aviolation+of+inequalities+occurs+in+the+microworld+or+in+the+macroworld%2C+it%0Ais+the%0Aidentification+of+nonidentical+events+that+plays+a+crucial+role.%0ASpecifically%2C+we%0Aprove+that+if+nonidentical+events+are+consistently+differentiated%2C%0ABell-type+Pitowsky+inequalities+are+no+longer%0Aviolated%2C+even+for+Bohm's+example+of+two+entangled+spin+1%2F2+quantum%0Aparticles.+We+show+how+Bell+inequalities+can+be%0Aviolated+in+cognition%2C+specifically+in+the%0Arelationship+between+abstract+concepts+and+specific+instances+of+these%0Aconcepts.+This+supports+the+hypothesis+that%0Agenuine+quantum+structure+exists+in+the+mind.+We+introduce+a+model+where%0Athe+amount+of+nonlocality+and+the+degree+of%0Aquantum+uncertainty+are+parameterized%2C+and+demonstrate+that+increasing%0Anonlocality+increases+the+degree+of+violation%2C+while%0Aincreasing+quantum+uncertainty+decreases+the+degree+of+violation.%0A&rft.publisher=Plenum%2FKluwer&rft.contributor=van+der+Merwe%2C+Alwyn&rft.date=2000-10&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3416%2F1%2Fbell.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3416%2F2%2Fbell.ps&rft.identifier=++Aerts%2C+Diederik+and+Aerts%2C+Sven+and+Broekaert%2C+Jan+and+Gabora%2C+Liane++(2000)+The+Violation+of+Bell+Inequalities+in+the+Macroworld.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3416%2F