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From: Markov versus quantum dynamic models of belief change during evidence monitoring

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Illustration of Markov (Left) and quantum (Right) processes for evolution of beliefs during evidence monitoring. The horizontal axis represents 101 belief states associated with subjective evidence scale values ranging from 0 to 100 in one unit steps. The vertical axis represents time that has passed during evidence monitoring. The Markov process moves from a belief state located at one value at one moment in time to another belief state at a later moment to produce a sample path across time. At the time of a request for a rating, the current belief state is mapped to a probability rating value (small circle). The quantum process assigns a distribution across the belief states at one moment, which moves to another distribution at a later moment (technically, this figure shows the squared magnitude of the amplitude at each state). At the time of a request for a rating, the current distribution is used to probabilistically select a rating (red vertical line).

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