ArticleFrontiers in psychology2015
Definitely maybe: can unconscious processes perform the same functions as conscious processes?
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
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24 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Phenomenal consciousness and cognitive access.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2018Article
- A critical reexamination of doing arithmetic nonconsciously.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2018Article
- Editorial: Transitions between Consciousness and Unconsciousness.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
- The ethical relevance of the unconscious.Philosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM · 2017Review
- Interplay between Narrative and Bodily Self in Access to Consciousness: No Difference between Self- and Non-self Attributes.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- Between-Subject Variability in the Breaking Continuous Flash Suppression Paradigm: Potential Causes, Consequences, and Solutions.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- What We Talk about When We Talk about Unconscious Processing - A Plea for Best Practices.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- Commentary: Definitely maybe: can unconscious processes perform the same functions as conscious processes?Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- Four-Dimensional Graded Consciousness.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- The temporal frequency tuning of continuous flash suppression reveals peak suppression at very low frequencies.Scientific reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
Hassin recently proposed the "Yes It Can" (YIC) principle to describe the division of labor between conscious and unconscious processes in human cognition. According to this principle, unconscious processes can carry out every fundamental high-level cognitive function that conscious processes can perform. In our commentary, we argue that the author presents an overly idealized review of the literature in support of the YIC principle. Furthermore, we point out that the dissimilar trends observed in social and cognitive psychology, with respect to published evidence of strong unconscious effects, can better be explained by the way how awareness is defined and measured in both research fields. Finally, we show that the experimental paradigm chosen by Hassin to rule out remaining objections against the YIC principle is unsuited to verify the new default notion that all high-level cognitive functions can unfold unconsciously.
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