The effect of the cognitive demands of the distraction task on unconscious thought.
The unconscious-thought effect occurs when distraction improves complex decision making. Recent studies suggest that this effect is more likely to occur with low- than high-demanding distraction tasks. We discuss implications of these findings for Newell & Shanks' (N&S's) claim that evidence is lacking for the intervention of unconscious processes in complex decision making.
CLLE, Université de Toulouse II, 31058 Toulouse, France. laurent.waroquier@univ-tlse2.fr http://clle-ltc.univ-tlse2.fr/accueil-clle-ltc/annuaire/post-doctorants/waroquier-laurent/ marlene.abadie@univ-tlse2.fr http://clle-ltc.univ-tlse2.fr/accueil-clle-ltc/annuaire/doctorants/abadie-marlene/
Laurent
L
Waroquier
CLLE, Université de Toulouse II, 31058 Toulouse, France. laurent.waroquier@univ-tlse2.fr http://clle-ltc.univ-tlse2.fr/accueil-clle-ltc/annuaire/post-doctorants/waroquier-laurent/ marlene.abadie@univ-tlse2.fr http://clle-ltc.univ-tlse2.fr/accueil-clle-ltc/annuaire/doctorants/abadie-marlene/
Marlène
M
Abadie
Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium. oklein@ulb.ac.be http://www.psycho-psysoc.site.ulb.ac.be/equipe/olivier-klein.
Olivier
O
Klein
Center for Research in Cognition & Neurosciences, Consciousness, Cognition & Computation Group, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium. axcleer@ulb.ac.be http://srsc.ulb.ac.be/axcwww/axc.html.
Axel
A
Cleeremans
D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology