Unconscious Processing: Comment on Hornsey and Fielding (2017)

The goals of this comment are to emphasize the positive contribution made by Hornsey and Fielding (2017) and to present reasons why their contribution is neither theoretic nor transtheoretic. This comment seeks to provide a theoretic and transtheoretic explanation that involves unconscious processin...

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Published in:The American psychologist 2018-07, Vol.73 (5), p.685-686
Main Author: Tryon, Warren W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude
Attitudes
Comprehension
Consciousness States
Humans
Motivation
Neural Networks
Persuasive Communication
Sciences
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Summary:The goals of this comment are to emphasize the positive contribution made by Hornsey and Fielding (2017) and to present reasons why their contribution is neither theoretic nor transtheoretic. This comment seeks to provide a theoretic and transtheoretic explanation that involves unconscious processing. It indicates that connectionist neural network models provide relevant mechanism information for how unconscious processing works.
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/amp0000311