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ReviewIntegrative psychological & behavioral science2025

A Re-Exploration of our Unconscious: What We Have Come To Unmask; What Still Lies Beneath.

Myron Tsikandilakis, Persefoni Bali, Victοria-Maria Pasachidou, Romina Leonor Toranzos, Konrad Szczesniak, Pierre-Alexis Mével, Christopher Madan, Alison Milbank

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Review in Integrative psychological & behavioral science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Myron TsikandilakisSchool of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. myron.tsikandilakis3@nottingham.ac.uk.
Persefoni BaliSchool of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Victοria-Maria PasachidouSchool of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
Romina Leonor ToranzosDepartamento de Letras Estrangeiras Modernas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil.
Konrad SzczesniakInstitute of Linguistics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Pierre-Alexis MévelSchool of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Christopher MadanSchool of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Alison MilbankDepartment of Philosophy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this manuscript, concepts, issues and resolutions that call for conscious awareness in research into the unconscious are revisited and reviewed. Historical episodes and episodes of controversial experimentation that are formative rallying points for understanding contemporary attitudes to the unconscious in psychological science, and the impact of historical controversy to contemporary polarisation, are meticulously discussed. The theoretical debates, methodological inquiries and contributing resolutions that have stemmed from these controversies are cited and discoursed. Replicated empirical illustrations, that show how purportedly established and well-known biases persist, and previously unaddressed methodological biases occur, and how we may resolve them, are experimentally demonstrated. We show that resolutions are still pending further advances within the - frequently overlooked - limitations of our current scientific paradigm. As a seminal communication, stemming from engaging with these themes, concepts, issues and resolutions, the contextual importance and research value of a reminding, and combined scholarly-theoretical and applied-empirical conscious understanding of unconscious research is carefully emphasised and accentuated.

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AwarenessConsciousnessUnconscious, PsychologyHumansApplicationsHistoryMethodPracticeTheoryUnconscious

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PMID41129044
PMCPMC12549776

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