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We are sure that we are aware of everything that is going on in our head. Thoughts, ideas, questions arise, and it seems that this is our entire mind as a whole. Of course, everything is much more complicated.
All psychologists recognize the existence of the unconscious, which takes on a considerable share of the burden in the thought process. If we ask ourselves what is the name of the capital of Spain, the answer - Madrid - will automatically come to mind. When we move our fingers, they make movements along complex trajectories that we do not consciously think about, they are calculated by the unconscious. But in psychology, the debate about the division of responsibilities between the conscious mind and the unconscious unconscious is not abating. One of the scientific articles on this topic poses the question clearly: "The unconscious: smart or stupid?" The popular point of view is that it can give simple reactions to various stimuli, suggest simple facts, recognize objects and control well-known movements. As for complex reasoning, which requires planning, logic and a combination of various ideas, they are available only to the conscious mind.
However, there is evidence that casts doubt on such thoughts. In an experiment in Israel, Ran Hassin and his colleagues used a technique called "constant distracting blinking" to inject information into the brains of subjects that cannot be perceived consciously. It sounds intimidating, but the technique is actually simple. Our brain tries to create a single picture of the world from images that it "sees" with two eyes. In this experiment, the test subjects wore special glasses that showed each eye a separate picture. One eye constantly saw rapidly flickering colored squares, which distract the brain so much that a person does not immediately realize what image his other eye sees. It turns out to be realized only after a few seconds (in the case when the “distracting” eye was closed, the image was realized instantly). As such an image, the researchers used a simple arithmetic problem like "9-3-4 =". They then showed the participants a number to read aloud as quickly as possible. If it turned out to be the correct answer to a problem, people read it much faster. Conclusion: the unconscious was solving a problem that the consciousness did not even have time to notice! Which proves that the unconscious can do much more than we used to think. In this case, it was not an automatic reaction that was required of him, but an exact solution of a mathematical problem.
Often, our minds are compared to an iceberg, only a small part of which is visible on the surface. The authors of the study are confident that the technique of "constant distracting blinking" will help to learn much more about the "underwater" part of our brain.
All psychologists recognize the existence of the unconscious, which takes on a considerable share of the burden in the thought process. If we ask ourselves what is the name of the capital of Spain, the answer - Madrid - will automatically come to mind. When we move our fingers, they make movements along complex trajectories that we do not consciously think about, they are calculated by the unconscious. But in psychology, the debate about the division of responsibilities between the conscious mind and the unconscious unconscious is not abating. One of the scientific articles on this topic poses the question clearly: "The unconscious: smart or stupid?" The popular point of view is that it can give simple reactions to various stimuli, suggest simple facts, recognize objects and control well-known movements. As for complex reasoning, which requires planning, logic and a combination of various ideas, they are available only to the conscious mind.
However, there is evidence that casts doubt on such thoughts. In an experiment in Israel, Ran Hassin and his colleagues used a technique called "constant distracting blinking" to inject information into the brains of subjects that cannot be perceived consciously. It sounds intimidating, but the technique is actually simple. Our brain tries to create a single picture of the world from images that it "sees" with two eyes. In this experiment, the test subjects wore special glasses that showed each eye a separate picture. One eye constantly saw rapidly flickering colored squares, which distract the brain so much that a person does not immediately realize what image his other eye sees. It turns out to be realized only after a few seconds (in the case when the “distracting” eye was closed, the image was realized instantly). As such an image, the researchers used a simple arithmetic problem like "9-3-4 =". They then showed the participants a number to read aloud as quickly as possible. If it turned out to be the correct answer to a problem, people read it much faster. Conclusion: the unconscious was solving a problem that the consciousness did not even have time to notice! Which proves that the unconscious can do much more than we used to think. In this case, it was not an automatic reaction that was required of him, but an exact solution of a mathematical problem.
Often, our minds are compared to an iceberg, only a small part of which is visible on the surface. The authors of the study are confident that the technique of "constant distracting blinking" will help to learn much more about the "underwater" part of our brain.
