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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Cognitive processes are classified as controlled (slow, effortful) or automatic (fast, involuntary).
  • Research has explored top-down influence, specifically suggestion, to modulate cognitive automaticity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if suggestion can alter automatic cognitive processes.
  • To explore shifting automaticity in the opposite direction: controlled to automatic tasks.
  • To discuss potential experimental and therapeutic applications.

Main Methods:

  • Replication of previous findings on suggestion and automaticity.
  • Extension of Stroop effect findings to other automatic paradigms (e.g., McGurk effect).
  • Development of novel paradigms to shift controlled tasks to automatic ones.

Main Results:

  • Certain individuals can derail involuntary cognitive processes via suggestion.
  • Suggestion demonstrates control over highly automatic processes in suggestible individuals.
  • Evidence suggests controlled tasks can become automatic without extensive practice.

Conclusions:

  • Suggestion can override automaticity in highly suggestible individuals.
  • Findings offer insights into voluntary control and automaticity.
  • Potential for experimental and therapeutic applications in understanding and modifying cognitive processes.