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Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research 2/2010

01-03-2010 | Original Article

Defining consciousness in the context of incidental sequence learning: theoretical considerations and empirical implications

Auteurs: Dennis Rünger, Peter A. Frensch

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 2/2010

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Abstract

The notion that sequential regularities can be learned implicitly without ensuing conscious knowledge has sparked off a prolific research program within cognitive psychology. However, there is continuing dissent among researchers about the very existence of the phenomenon. This is, at least in part, due to a failure to ground research on implicit sequence learning in conceptual definitions of “consciousness” and “conscious sequence knowledge.” In this article the authors take up a definition of consciousness according to which conscious mental contents are characterized by their global availability to cognitive processes (e.g., Baars in: A cognitive theory of consciousness Cambridge University Press, 1988; in: In the theater of consciousness: the workspace of the mind Oxford University Press, 1997). It is argued that unlike recognition tests or generate tasks, verbal report is a sensitive and specific measure of conscious (i.e., globally available) sequence knowledge. Finally, it is shown that the choice between two commonly used measures of conscious sequence knowledge can profoundly affect the outcome of a sequence learning experiment.
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Note that the concept of global availability applies equally to feelings. Conscious feelings can be reported by the person who has them, although it is considerably more difficult to give an accurate verbal report of feelings than it is to verbally describe a series of uniquely labeled response locations.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Defining consciousness in the context of incidental sequence learning: theoretical considerations and empirical implications
Auteurs
Dennis Rünger
Peter A. Frensch
Publicatiedatum
01-03-2010
Uitgeverij
Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in
Psychological Research / Uitgave 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-008-0225-8

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