A Paradigm for Exploring What the Mind Does While Deciding What It Should Do

From: Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology | Date: December 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Abstract One widespread belief about automatic mental processes is that, among other characteristics, they are involuntary. No initial conscious intent is necessary because such processing is stimulus initiated. This claim was studied in the context of a novel task-choice procedure in which subjects were informed as to which of two tasks they should perform on a letter string either well in advance of a target, or when the target appeared. The hypothesis that initial processing of the target occurs without intent predicts that the effect of contrast reduction will be absent when the task cue ...

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