The Unseen Mind

2008/08/21 by Timothy D. Wilson, Yoav Bar‐Anan · 56 citations
Social Sciences · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Emotions and Moral Behavior #Psychology #Epistemology #Cognitive science #Cognitive psychology #Philosophy

paper · doi:10.1126/science.1163029

published in Science 321(5892), 1046-1047 (American Association for the Advancement of Science)

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Abstract

The human mind operates largely out of view, and yet people are unaware of their unawareness, confabulating reasons for their actions and preferences.

Citations

• Implicit social cognition: Attitudes, self-esteem, and stereotypes.
• A Theory of Unconscious Thought
• Failure to Detect Mismatches Between Intention and Outcome in a Simple Decision Task
• Telling more than we can know: Verbal reports on mental processes.

Cited by

• Introspection illusion [wikipedia]