Transparency in Public Life. A Quantum Cognition Perspective

Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky () and François Dubois ()
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Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky: PSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
François Dubois: CNAM Paris - Centre d'enseignement Cnam Paris - CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM], LMO - Laboratoire de Mathématiques d'Orsay - UP11 - Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: In this paper we investigate the implications of assuming that citizens are cognitively constrained for transparency in public life. We model cognitive limitations as reflecting a quantum property of people's mental representations of the world. There exists a multiplicity of incompatible (Bohr) complementary mental representations of a situation. As a consequence the framing of information plays a crucial role. We show that additional information can be detrimental to a quantum cognitively constrained agent: he may become more confused. We suggest some implications for the design of a public agency's website.

Keywords: Learning; Quantum cognition; Transparency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-03
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