Consciousness might still be in business, but not in this business.
Consciousness and Cognition June 2011 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.06.016 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that the data from Hassin et al. (2009) do not support Guterman's (2010) interpretation that conscious awareness allowed participants to gain from predictability while nullifying its cost, and argues against the suggestion that non-working-memory processes explain the results. |
Abstract
In a recent comment on our paper Implicit Working Memory (Hassin, Bargh, Engell, & McCulluch, 2009) Guterman (2010) argued that a possible interpretation of the results of one of our experiments is that "conscious awareness…enabled the participants to find ways to benefit from the predictability…while nullifying the cost." Unfortunately, the data do not support this interpretation. Additionally, Guterman (2010) seems to have suggested that our results may be explained by non-working memory processes. We argue against this interpretation.