Questions tagged [unconscious]
For questions about mental processes that are not available to consciousness.
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Different kinds of reaction time
During a physics experiment at school we needed to determine the velocity of a car by using a stopwatch to measure the time it took to cross a line. We were told to calculate the uncertainty of the ...
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Can unconscious wishes be fulfilled via actions based on conscious or unconscious identification?
Suppose I unconsciously want to sleep with my mother (I'm not sure I do: it's just a hypothetical). Can that unconscious wish to do so be fulfilled by sleeping with yours, if I consciously or ...
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Any researchers doing research in Nietzschean psychology?
I am eager to do research in Nietzschean psychology
Are there any researchers doing research in this area?
Thanks in advance.
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Background and cron jobs running in the unconscious? [duplicate]
Personal example: Hofstadter, in "Fluid Concepts...", throws the anagram "ucilgars" at me. (Note I'm a German, I would probably solve a comparable riddle fast if in my mother ...
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Does our brain unconsciously keeps track of time? [duplicate]
I’ve had multiple experiences lately where I didn’t look at my phone for a while and then right before I looked I made an approximation of the time and most of the time that approximation was right to ...
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Change in perceived direction of body when laying in bed [closed]
Sometimes when I lie in bed, with my eyes closed, I get the sense that my head is actually at the bottom of the bed, where my feet usually are, when I know it is still resting on the pillow on the top ...
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A Collective Unconscious That's Alive? [closed]
I'm currently conversing in the context of Carl Jung's concept of collective unconscious and Rollo May's concept of Dasein (Ratner, 2019). I frequently notice that some social contexts are very ...
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Can Krashen's Input Hypotheses be applied to areas other than Language Acquisition?
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Stephen Krashen and Tracy Tarrell have given an interesting approach to learning new languages which they call Natural Approach. In this approach, they bring the naturalistic approach of ...
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What can coma patients report about their experiences - if anything?
Coma is correlated to a significant inactivity of the cerebral cortex and the reticular activating system, while other parts of the brain - e.g. the limbic system - might still show considerable ...
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Can a sequence of "automatic" tasks be seen in an EEG?
Say I train a task that consists of a sequence of smaller events a 1000 times such that it becomes an automatic/subconscious (something like muscle memory) movement. Then when I view the EEG signal ...
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System 1 and unconsious
Kahneman (2011) apparently suggests there is system 1 and system 2 in decision making.
If I am not wrong he says system 1 is more prone to errors because it is automatic. Is this correct assumption ...
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is it unconcious?
Roughly speaking, I as well as some other people probably have observer following.
(1) Sometimes ideas start to come to me out of nowhere, (2) then we sometimes analyze it further and either reject or ...
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Bottom up thinking - what is it?
Mlodinow has book Elastic thinking, which sounds interesting and where he mentions bottom up processes/thinking; which he equates with elastic thinking.
I have watched numerous videos about it, and ...
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What is the difference between getting high( i.e. using alcohol or similar things) and getting unconcious using general anesthesia?
I searched the internet about the difference but couldnt really understand it.I am not asking about the difference in the type of drugs used, Iam interested in the difference in the state of ...
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System 1 and 2 thinking and unconcious
Research says there is system 1 and 2 thinking.
My question is how is system and and 2 thinking related to unconcious mind?
Can we say for example system 1 thinking is unconcious mind?
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Is hypnosis really concentration/focus?
It's widely claimed that hypnosis is a state of highly focused attention.
But I've also seen many claims that the hypnotic state is about accessing the subconscious mind directly, essentially "...
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What does "unconscious memory" mean?
Is there a single notion in the cognitive sciences for "unconscious memory"? For example a in a 2015 Northwestern University press release, we find that
Scientists retrieve unconscious memories
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Who first filmed and researched unconscious synchronized movement?
I think it was in my high school sociology class, around 1980, that I learned of an anthropologist who spent three months analysing a 90 second film of a mother, father and child in a kitchen, ...
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Can subliminal affirmations really use the subconscious mind to naturally reshape your nose? [closed]
My reflexive response to this is no, however, I have noticed two different phenomenon which begs to re-assess.
(Please see and read video description and some comments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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Is there time in dreams? [closed]
Thanks to his studies on schizophrenic thoughts, Matte Blanco (The Unconscious as Infinite Sets. An essay in Bi-Logic, 1975) introduced an important modification of Freud's notion of the unconscious. ...
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Model for the Un/Conscious Mind
As far as modern psychology is concerned, is there currently a standard scientific model for the conscious and unconscious mind, as well as conscious experience/perception? If so, are there any ...
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Do we have a sub- or super-unconscious? [closed]
Being conscious (awake) and unconscious (asleep) are two mutually exclusive states.
The boundary between them ("falling asleep") is very pleasant. Why?
Conscious => Unconscious
Some people say ...
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What is the effect of Binaural Beats on an Autistic brain?
I understand a fare bit about autism, and Binaural Beats.
Autism is the result of synaptic pathways becoming malformed during the fetal stage of pregnancy.
A Binaural Beat is a collection of two ...
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Can "acceptance" become a Defense Mechanism?
Most of the Defense Mechanisms are unconscious, but for those who know about them and still use then it somehow becomes conscious. They know they are using it, and not do anything about it. For ...
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Does the brain have a 'debugging mode'?
In computer programming we have a debugger that we can use to execute a program step by step. In that mode, the program can be suspended and we can analyze the state of the hardware, modify the state ...
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How can automatic processing be estimated in an editing task?
Is there a way of measuring/estimating the amount of controlled vs. automatic processes that takes place during a text editing task?
I know that asking participants to verbalise their actions and ...
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Why do we talk unconsciously while sleeping
Somniloquy is very fascinating.
It is unclear what are the causes, but most of the time it is not seen as a medical condition.
"Sleep talking usually occurs by itself and is most often harmless.
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Thinking consciously or unconsciously - Any difference in brain scan? [closed]
I've been wondering how a person would be affected if brain activity that is normally done automatically and unconsciously in a normal human being has to be done consciously by him, or vice versa.
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Analyze subconscious/unconscious scientifically [closed]
Is there a way to analyze human subconscious/unconscious scientifically in some way? I mean for example to help me better understand my fears, insomnia etc.
There are many people out there who offer ...
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Is continuous split or meta - awareness a scientifically supported concept?
There are a number of spiritual practices that practice self-awareness and continuous awareness of one's thoughts and actions (for example the teachings of Ekhart Tolle):
Tolle writes that "the ...
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Is there any limitation in our ability to come up with a theory or hypothesis to understand brain? [closed]
We are observing the behaviors (either through behavioral experiments or observing brain activation through neuroscience experiments) based on the GIVEN TASK to the participants and trying to ...
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Can the knowledge and the tools we acquire in conscious brain become tools for the unconscious brain? [closed]
I am reading this intriguing book titled Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts (2014) by Stanislas Dehaene. In one of the chapters he talks about how the brain has ...
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Relationship between oculometry/pupillometry and disorders of consciousness
I recently got to wondering whether certain eye movements or pupillary responses were correlated with disorders of consciousness (coma, VS, MCS, or even locked-in syndrome). I know that the pupillary ...
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Have there been any scientific experiments attempting to communicate with one's unconscious mind?
For the purposes of this question, I will define unconscious/subconscious as the parts of the human mind that are not normally available for introspection or control, but which are still involved in ...
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What is the biological reason behind disorganized thinking and disorganized behavior in thought disorders?
Having disorganized thinking is different for everyone. But, it is sometimes described as not being able to connect thoughts together. I am asking about disorganized thinking other than communication ...
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Can incubation be facilitated, while, at the same time, being focused on a different problem?
Is it possible to facilitate incubation as well as consciously think about a different problem at the same time, in effect multitasking, in order to gain insights more quickly, without having to stop ...
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Freudian repressed unconscious as the biological reason behind self-destructive behavior?
Self-destructive habits include:
- smoking whilst being aware of the effects
- not exercising whilst knowing that it is healthier to do so
- taking one more hit of a drug "for the last time, really"
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Has there been any serious research on subliminal messaging?
I certainly don't question the existence of subliminal perception which has been demonstrated many times in priming studies like those of Daniel Schacter and many others, nor do I reject the notion of ...
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What is an effective way of working with core beliefs/schemas?
In CBT one of the core concepts is ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) that form the basis of depressive feelings: they are repetitive, conscious, mostly ungrounded negative thoughts about one's ...
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Are unconscious thoughts captured by free association?
Does free association writing or talking captures unconscious thoughts? Or maybe they don't because you are conscious during the process?
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How to prevent insults from unconsciously causing negative emotions?
When someone is insulted, they can feel anxiety and shame, even though his/her conscious mind knows the insult isn't true and tries to be as logical and unemotional about it as possible.
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Term for incentives working without conscious awareness
Is there a term that captures the idea that incentives work even when people deny their choices have been swayed by them?
For example, an individual amazon book reviewer may deny that a recent ...
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What causes dreamers to accept dreams as reality?
I have long had interest in dreaming, and one of the defining features of ordinary dreams is that the dreamer either accepts the dream as "real life", or does not question the surroundings.
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Can psychosomatic reactions be completely unconcious?
I had always considered that psychosomatic reactions, such as Psychogenic pain, while "real" to the person experiencing them, would be a concious reaction at some level. That is to say, if the person ...
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Subconscious vs Unconscious
From what I know, we use the term 'subconscious' to refer to the things that we can bring into our conscious. and, we use the term 'unconscious' for things that we can't know, they come automatically ...
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Difference between Instinct and Intuition
Sometimes I've heard people using the term gut feeling rather than their 'intuition or instinct' and I'm not sure which one do they mean. So, can both the terms be used interchangeably and simply ...
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Running on autopilot
Sometimes, people say that they are "running on autopilot", meaning that they are doing the things that they normally do, without any real conscious involvement. I have read that it is not uncommon ...
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How is it that taking a break from a problem sometimes allows you to figure out the answer?
As a computer programmer, I have noticed an interesting phenomenon: If I am stuck on a particular problem in my work, often if I stop thinking about the problem and do something else, the answer will ...
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