New findings on unconscious versus conscious thought in decision making
Ninety-eight Australian students participated in a functional replication of a study published by Dijksterhuis et al. (2006). The results indicated that unconscious thought does not necessarily lead to better normative decision making performance than conscious thought, which is contrary to the resu...
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| description | Ninety-eight Australian students participated in a functional replication of a study published by Dijksterhuis et al. (2006). The results indicated that unconscious thought does not necessarily lead to better normative decision making performance than conscious thought, which is contrary to the results found in Dijksterhuis et al. Since other studies showed a positive, though statistically not significant, effect for unconscious thought, a meta-analysis comprising a total of 17 experiments was conducted. It suggests that there is little evidence for an advantage to normative decision making using unconscious thought. However, a discussion of potential moderators shows that further study would help to identify situations in which unconscious thought is truly helpful and those in which it is not. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-31d062bfb1e54751a1fc285755c17c122023-09-02T12:04:15ZengCambridge University PressJudgment and Decision Making1930-29752008-04-013NA292303New findings on unconscious versus conscious thought in decision makingFelix AckerNinety-eight Australian students participated in a functional replication of a study published by Dijksterhuis et al. (2006). The results indicated that unconscious thought does not necessarily lead to better normative decision making performance than conscious thought, which is contrary to the results found in Dijksterhuis et al. Since other studies showed a positive, though statistically not significant, effect for unconscious thought, a meta-analysis comprising a total of 17 experiments was conducted. It suggests that there is little evidence for an advantage to normative decision making using unconscious thought. However, a discussion of potential moderators shows that further study would help to identify situations in which unconscious thought is truly helpful and those in which it is not.http://journal.sjdm.org/jdm71128.pdfunconscious thoughtmeta-analysisnormative decision making.NAKeywords |
| spellingShingle | Felix Acker New findings on unconscious versus conscious thought in decision making Judgment and Decision Making unconscious thought meta-analysis normative decision making.NAKeywords |
| title | New findings on unconscious versus conscious thought in decision making |
| title_full | New findings on unconscious versus conscious thought in decision making |
| title_fullStr | New findings on unconscious versus conscious thought in decision making |
| title_full_unstemmed | New findings on unconscious versus conscious thought in decision making |
| title_short | New findings on unconscious versus conscious thought in decision making |
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| topic | unconscious thought meta-analysis normative decision making.NAKeywords |
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