Evidence for Implicit—But Not Unconscious—Processing of Object-Scene Relations

• Published in: Psychological science Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 266 - 277
• Main Authors: Biderman, Natalie, Mudrik, Liad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.02.2018; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Awareness - physiology; Bayesian analysis; Consciousness; Consciousness - physiology; Female; Humans; Male; Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology; Perceptual Masking - physiology; Psychology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Unconsciousness; Young Adult; replication; preregistered; scene-object integration; unconscious processing; consciousness; open data

Is consciousness necessary for integration? Findings of seemingly high-level object-scene integration in the absence of awareness have challenged major theories in the field and attracted considerable scientific interest. Lately, one of these findings has been questioned because of a failure to repl...