A Fresh Look at the Unconscious Thought Effect: Using Mind-Wandering Measures to Investigate Thought Processes in Decision Problems With High Information Load

A Fresh Look at the Unconscious Thought Effect: Using Mind-Wandering Measures to Investigate Thought Processes in Decision Problems With High Information Load

Unconscious Thought Theory (Dijksterhuis, 2004) states that thinking about a complex problem unconsciously can result in better solutions than conscious deliberation. We take a fresh look at the cognitive processes underlying “unconscious” thought by analyzing data of 822 participants who worked on...

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Main Authors: Lena Steindorf, Jan Rummel, C. Dennis Boywitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
mind wandering
task-unrelated thought
Unconscious Thought Effect
consciousness
unconscious thought advantage
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.545928/full

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