Search for dissertations about: "Unconscious processing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Unconscious processing.

2. 1. Subliminal or not? : An appraisal of semantic processing in the near absence of visual awareness

   Author : Anders Sand; Mats Nilsson; Joakim Westerlund; Zoltan Dienes; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Subliminal priming; Signal detection theory; Bayesian statistics; Visual masking; Consciousness; Awareness; Unconscious processing; Semantic priming; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Stimuli that cannot be perceived (i.e., that are subliminal) can still elicit neural responses in an observer, but can such stimuli influence behavior and higher-order cognition? Empirical evidence for such effects has periodically been accepted and rejected over the last six decades. READ MORE

4. 2. Knowledge Representation, Heuristics, and Awareness in Artificial Grammar Learning

   Author : Tobias Johansson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; abstraction; awareness.; non-analytic processing; Artificial grammar learning; fluency; implicit learning;

   Abstract : People can become sensitive to the general structure of different parts of the environment, often without studying that general structure directly, but through being incidentally exposed to instances that conform to the structure. When such learning proceeds unintentionally and gives rise to knowledge that is difficult to verbalize it is often referred to as implicit learning. READ MORE

5. 3. Prior knowledge and present events in the brain

   Author : Katrina Carlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Anticipation; prediction; predictability; attention; emotion; pain; tickle; fear; conscious; unconscious; awareness; amygdala; insula; functional magnetic resonance imaging fMRI ; positron emission tomography PET ;

   Abstract : Our experience the world is dependent on both the surroundings and the brain. In other words, perception is a synthesis of incoming signals, internal state, and previous knowledge rather than a mere reflection of the environment. READ MORE

6. 4. Producing, Preventing, and Explaining Persistent Complex Subliminal Stimulation Effects

   Author : Andreas Birgegård; Staffan Sohlberg; Mario Mikulincer; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Subliminal stimuli; persistent effects; attachment; relational schema; ethics; debriefing; interaction; motivation; sex differences; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : Strong recent focus on unconscious processes has increased interest in subliminal stimulation and similar experimental technologies. Assumptions about the persistence of effects of unconscious stimulation are generally conservative, referring to seconds or minutes (Silverman, 1977; Velmans, 1991). READ MORE

7. 5. The Role of Cognitive Processes in Eating Pathology

   Author : Linda Johansson; Gerhard Andersson; Ata Ghaderi; Glenn Waller; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; eating disorders; anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; emotional Stroop task; implicit memory; explicit memory; Jacoby s white noise task; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : Researchers have recently combined clinical and cognitive areas of research in order to investigate the role of cognitive factors in explaining how emotional disorders are developed and maintained. It is believed that biased cognitive processing of emotionally relevant information can greatly affect emotional responses and behaviour where insights into such cognitive processes can have invaluable clinical implications. READ MORE