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The reported demise of the cognitive unconscious is premature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2003

Anthony J. Lambert
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealanda.lambert@auckland.ac.nz

Abstract

Perruchet & Vinter (P&V) claim that all mental representations are conscious and that the cognitive unconscious does not exist. Unfortunately, support for these claims is garnered illicitly, by defining the terms representation and computation in a way that is unduly restrictive and misleading. In addition, their proposals fail to engage adequately with critically important evidence and theory from neuropsychology concerning consciousness and cognition.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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