This is a reply posted at LinkedIn by Tom Woottoon to the original article: Unconscious perceptual processes. ———— I spoke to 150 mostly doctors and therapists last week and continue to be amazed at how my radical ideas are so well received. Depresssion, Bipolar, and Schizophrenia can be turned into an advantage with professional guidance […]
This article was inspired by a lecture given by Pamela Smith at the Radboud University Nijmegen. The purpose of perception is to support behaviour. Why do we perceive things in the first place? What is the point of it? Is it so we can understand the world? That sounds logical, but that cannot be the […]
It is interesting to note that most of models for behaviour have a focus on the automatic, impulsive part of behavioural regulation. However, deliberation has not disappeared from the scene and makes up a part of some models. The Mode-Model by Fazio consists of two different classes of processes that can regulate behaviour. The spontaneous […]
The topic of free will has been a central issue since the beginning of philosophy: How do rational agents exercise control over one’s actions and decisions. In “the precise of the illusion of conscious will” (2004), Daniel M. Wegner explores the idea of apparent mental causation. He argues that if a thought arises just before […]