A note on the roles of quantum and mechanical models in social biophysics

Taiki Takahashi; Song-Ju Kim; Makoto Naruse

doi:10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.06.003

A note on the roles of quantum and mechanical models in social biophysics

Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2017 Nov;130(Pt A):103-105. doi: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.06.003. Epub 2017 Jun 12.

Authors

Taiki Takahashi¹, Song-Ju Kim², Makoto Naruse³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Behavioral Science, Research and Education Center for Brain Sciences (RECBS), Center for Experimental Research in Social Sciences (CERSS), Hokkaido University, Kita 10, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan. Electronic address: taikitakahashi@gmail.com.
² International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan.
³ Strategic Planning Department, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan.

PMID: 28600219
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.06.003

Abstract

Recent advances in the applications of quantum models into various disciplines such as cognitive science, social sciences, economics, and biology witnessed enormous achievements and possible future progress. In this paper, we propose one of the most promising directions in the applications of quantum models: the combination of quantum and mechanical models in social biophysics. The possible resulting discipline may be called as experimental quantum social biophysics and could foster our understandings of the relationships between the society and individuals.

Keywords: Econophysics; Neuroeconomics; Quantum cognition; Social biophysics.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biophysics / methods*
Humans
Mechanical Phenomena*
Quantum Theory*
Social Sciences / methods*