Transparency in Public Life. A Quantum Cognition Perspective

Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky and François Dubois ()
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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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