Citation

Waroquier L, Abadie M, Klein O, Cleeremans A. Behav. Brain Sci. 2014; 37(1): 44-45.

Affiliation

Center for Research in Cognition & Neurosciences, Consciousness, Cognition & Computation Group, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium. axcleer@ulb.ac.be http://srsc.ulb.ac.be/axcwww/axc.html.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S0140525X13000897

PMID

24461809

Abstract

The unconscious-thought effect occurs when distraction improves complex decision making. Recent studies suggest that this effect is more likely to occur with low- than high-demanding distraction tasks. We discuss implications of these findings for Newell & Shanks' (N&S's) claim that evidence is lacking for the intervention of unconscious processes in complex decision making.


Keywords: Driver distraction;

Language: en