Human Cognition Surpasses the Nonlocality Tsirelson Bound: Is Mind Outside of Spacetime?

Abstract

Recent experimental studies on human cognition, particularly where non-separable or entangled cognitive states have been found, show that in many such cases Bell or CHSH in-equalities have been maximally violated. The implications are that greater non-local correlations than allowed in quantum mechanics (often known as the Tsirelson bound), are found in human cognition. We propose in the current paper that a non-local theory of mind is needed in order to account for the empirical findings. This requires a foundationally different approach than the extant 'quantum-like' approach to human mind. Our account is novel, but still founded on a Hilbert space set up with the physical constraint of no-signalling. To account for the surpassing of the Tsirelson bound we propose abandoning the constraint of no-signalling that depends upon spacetime. Thus we ask; 'Is mind outside spacetime?' We discuss a candidate theory of quantum gravity based on non-locality as fundamental that may accord with our proposal. We are led to suggest a new 6 part ontological framework linking Mind, Matter, and Cosmos.