Is the unconscious, if it exists, a superior decision maker?
Newell & Shanks (N&S) show that there is no convincing evidence that processes assumed to be unconscious and superior are indeed unconscious. We take their argument one step further by showing that there is also no convincing evidence that these processes are superior. We review alternative paradigms that may provide more convincing tests of the superiority of (presumed) unconscious processes.
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018XA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. h.m.huizenga@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/h.m.huizenga/
Hilde M
HM
Huizenga
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018XA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. h.m.huizenga@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/h.m.huizenga/
Anna C K
AC
van Duijvenvoorde
School of Psychology, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia. don.vanravenzwaaij@newcastle.edu.au http://www.donvanravenzwaaij.com.
Don
D
van Ravenzwaaij
Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands. wetzels.ruud@gmail.com www.ruudwetzels.com.
Ruud
R
Wetzels
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018XA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. h.m.huizenga@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/h.m.huizenga/
Brenda R J
BR
Jansen
D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology