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Unconscious perception still sharply perceived
Špok, Dalibor
This study deals with the roots of interest in unconscious perception research in psychology. It introduces the concepts of strong and weak unconsciousness, methodological approaches (direct/indirect effects of perception, signal-detection theory) and their pros and cons. It describes incorrect-trials analysis, which can serve as a possible solution to some of the problems with experimental design of direct/indirect effects of perception.
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It depends on what "consious" means: Methodology of unconscious perception research
Špok, Dalibor
Research on unconscious cognitive processes has been a controversial topic since the foundation of experimental psychology. However, we cannot consider it a psychological relict, but developing realm of research, with ongoing conceptual and methodological progress. This paper chiefly presents methodological approaches having been developed mainly since 1980’s and thus illustrates not only vivacity of contemporary research but also interrelatedness of methodological changes with conceptual frameworks. It shows that it is necessary to change our traditional view of some psycholocial categories, such as perceptual thresholds or conscious-unconscious distinction.
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It has just been here, but: Moving towards operational definition of consciousness in unconscious perception research
Špok, Dalibor
If we want to take unconscious perception research further beyond general methodological and philosophical discussions, towards tangible experiments, we are faced with particularly difficult problem – to bring into line third-personal approaches with subjective phenomenon, which appears to the third person only vicariously. Lots of suggestions how to define consciousness operationally in unconscious perception research in contemporary cognitive psychology have been made, as well as many critiques of such attempts. This article shows the intractability of the term consciousness for acceptable consensual operationalization. It points at the consequences emerging from objective/subjective perceptual threshold discrimination, qualitative differences paradigm, process dissociation paradigm, and direct/indirect effects paradigm.
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