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Unconscious processing: Comment on Hornsey and Fielding (2017)
The American Psychologist
|July 13, 2018
Summary
This comment highlights Hornsey and Fielding's (2017) work, proposing unconscious processing as a theoretic and transtheoretic explanation. Connectionist neural networks offer insights into the mechanisms of this unconscious processing.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Theoretical Psychology
Background:
- Critically evaluates Hornsey and Fielding's (2017) contribution.
- Addresses the theoretic and transtheoretic nature of their work.
Purpose of the Study:
- To emphasize the positive contributions of Hornsey and Fielding (2017).
- To offer a theoretic and transtheoretic explanation for their findings.
- To integrate the concept of unconscious processing.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical analysis of existing literature.
- Explanation of unconscious processing mechanisms.
- Application of connectionist neural network models.
Main Results:
- Hornsey and Fielding's contribution is argued to be both theoretic and transtheoretic.
- Unconscious processing provides a unifying explanatory framework.
- Connectionist models elucidate the mechanisms underlying unconscious processing.
Conclusions:
- The comment provides a novel theoretic and transtheoretic perspective.
- Unconscious processing is a key element for understanding psychological phenomena.
- Connectionist neural networks offer a valuable computational approach to cognitive science.
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