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Tag Archives: Timothy Wilson

Evidence for the Adaptive Unconscious

Rachel's Musings Posted on June 29, 2008 by RachelApril 19, 2013

Timothy D. Wilson’s book Strangers To Ourselves provides compelling evidence for an adaptive unconscious, a part of us that evolved to make decisions for us. Wilson’s evidence came mostly from psychological experiments, which did not involve brain scans. There is …
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Journey to the Adaptive Unconscious

Rachel's Musings Posted on March 19, 2008 by RachelApril 19, 2013

Timothy Wilson‘s book Strangers to Ourselves is a fascinating journey to our adaptive unconscious, which he defines as the “mental processes that are inaccessible to consciousness but that influence judgments, feelings, or behavior” and have adapted through evolution (23). Wilson …
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