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Contrasts and dissociations suggest qualitative differences between conscious and unconscious processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2003

Gezinus Wolters  and
R. Hans Phaf
Gezinus Wolters
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, 2300, The Netherlandswolters@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
R. Hans Phaf
Affiliation:
Psychonomics Department, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1018, The Netherlandsphaf@psy.uva.nl
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Abstract

The authors reject a computationally powerful unconscious. Instead, they suggest that simple unconscious processes give rise to complex conscious representations. We discuss evidence showing contrastive effects of conscious and unconscious processes, suggesting a distinction between these types of processes. In our view, conscious processes often serve to correct or control negative consequences of relatively simple unconscious processes.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , June 2002 , pp. 359 - 360
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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