Even "unconscious thought" is influenced by attentional mechanisms.
In this commentary, we focus on the role of attentional mechanisms in unconscious thought. We argue that even distracted or unconscious thought is capacity limited and differences in scope of attention influence processing during unconscious thought. Attention also would influence processes at different stages in the proposed lens model. We conclude that there is a clear need to understand the role of attention to better understand conscious or unconscious thought.
Centre of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India. nsrini@cbcs.ac.in http://facweb.cbcs.ac.in/nsrini/
Narayanan
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Srinivasan
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, 384424, India. sumitava.inbox@gmail.com https://sites.google.com/site/sumitavaehome/
Sumitava
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Mukherjee
D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology