The inevitable contrast: Conscious vs. unconscious processes in action control

Morsella, Ezequiel; Poehlman, T. Andrew

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00590

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“…Similarly, when speaking about the reverse engineering of biological products, the roboticist Ronald Arkin concludes, "Biological systems bring a large amount of evolutionary baggage unnecessary to support intelligent behavior in their silicon based counterparts" (Arkin 1998, p. 32). The difference between the products of evolution and human artifacts is obvious when one considers the stark contrast between human locomotion and artificial locomotionlegs versus wheels (Morsella & Poehlman 2013). When adopting a descriptive standpoint, even the most cursory examination of the brain reveals a contrast between conscious and unconscious processes (see Bleuler 1924).…”

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Can skeletomotor action integration occur without consciousness? Evidence from unconscious action inhibition

Ayars

2016

Behav Brain Sci

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Morsella et al. claim that consciousness functions to integrate incompatible skeletal muscle intentions. Their primary cases of conscious skeletomotor integration involve action suppression, such as holding one's breath underwater, which requires suppressing the urge to inhale. This indicates that the authors seem to think action inhibition counts as the relevant kind of integration. I suggest that there is reason to think this kind of inhibition can occur unconsciously via unconscious inhibitory mechanisms. Unconscious inhibition therefore potentially undermines the authors' thesis. If cases of unconscious inhibition are not instances of integration, then the authors should clarify exactly what counts as integration.

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Can skeletomotor action integration occur without consciousness? Evidence from unconscious action inhibition

Ayars

2016

Behav Brain Sci

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“…Después del reconocimiento, automáticamente se sintetizan juicios, pensamientos, decisiones o acciones de acuerdo con la información procesada. Este tipo de juicios son caracterizados por ser apropiados, certeros, coherentes, rápidos e incluso evidentes (Jung, 1953;Ferrater-Mora, 1984;Krippendorff, 1986;Hogarth, 2001;Hogarth, 2002;Kahneman, 2003;Simon y Frantz, 2003;Goldstein, 2005;Kant, 2005;Erlhoff, Marshall et al, 2008;Harteis, Koch et al, 2008;Seligman y Kahana, 2009;Kahneman, 2012;Morsella y Poehlman, 2013).…”

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“…El inconsciente libera a la consciencia y se ocupa de las cosas en forma automatizada, mientras que el consciente puede ser contradictorio. El inconsciente es un proceso primario y el consciente es un proceso secundario donde están contenidas las funciones cognitivas como la inteligencia, aprendizaje, concentración, entre otras (Hogarth, 2001;Hassin, Uleman et al, 2005;Froufe, Sierra et al, 2009;Morsella y Poehlman, 2013;Van-Gulick, 2014). En la figura 2 se muestra la proporcionalidad de los procesos mentales que son conscientes e inconscientes, y se hace énfasis en que los pensamientos inconscientes sostienen a los pensamientos conscientes.…”

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Estudio sobre la intuición artificial

Diaz-Hernandez

2019

RDU

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ResumenEn este trabajo se exponen los conceptos y las propiedades de la intuición artificial que se han generado por medio de un análisis de fuentes de información y experimentación propia. Asimismo, se plantea una clasificación para los algoritmos que integran el procesamiento de resolución de problemas a través de la intuición artificial. En este artículo se da a conocer un modelo innovador para que se desarrollen nuevos algoritmos en control de máquinas, donde la intuición artificial es el pilar para que el procesamiento de la información se realice con mayor rapidez y sus requerimientos de procesamiento sean mínimos.Palabras clave: intuición artificial, algoritmos, modelo, robótica, programación. AbstractIn this paper we discuss concepts and properties of artificial intuition, synthetized from the analysis of literature and our own experimentation. Also, we report an algorithms' classification, which embodies artificial intuition in machines for problem solving. This article establishes an innovative model for the development of new algorithms in machine control, where artificial intuition allows a faster information processing and minimum processing requirements.

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“…Several systems have been considered to play a role in the latter including perceptual, evaluative and motivational components (Bargh and Morsella, 2008). Subliminal processes may contribute to overt behavior as they do in unconscious processes in the control of actions (Morsella and Poehlman, 2013). …”

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“…Examples include: (1) Experimental manipulation of subconsciousness can affect nociceptive processing (Lewis et al, 2015); (2) unconscious manipulation of the placebo or nocebo responses (Jensen et al, 2012a); (3) decreased pain perception modulated by unconscious emotional pictures (Pelaez et al, 2016); and (4) classical conditioning of pain without awareness of conditioning cues (Jensen et al, 2015). Unconscious perception – processing of sensory information that we are not aware of – has been evaluated in other systems including visual (Brogaard, 2011; Kiefer et al, 2011) and motor (Morsella and Poehlman, 2013). In addition, there is unconscious processing of negative emotions (Okubo and Ogawa, 2013).…”

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Subliminal (latent) processing of pain and its evolution to conscious awareness

Borsook

Youssef

Barakat

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Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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By unconscious or covert processing of pain we refer to nascent interactions that affect the eventual deliverance of pain awareness. Thus, internal processes (viz., repeated nociceptive events, inflammatory kindling, re-organization of brain networks, genetic) or external processes (viz., environment, socioeconomic levels, modulation of epigenetic status) contribute to enhancing or inhibiting the presentation of pain awareness. Here we put forward the notion that for many patients, ongoing sub-conscious changes in brain function are significant players in the eventual manifestation of chronic pain. In this review, we provide clinical examples of nascent or what we term pre-pain processes and the neurobiological mechanisms of how these changes may contribute to pain, but also potential opportunities to define the process for early therapeutic interventions.

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The inevitable contrast: Conscious vs. unconscious processes in action control

Cited by 29 publications

References 197 publications

Can skeletomotor action integration occur without consciousness? Evidence from unconscious action inhibition

Can skeletomotor action integration occur without consciousness? Evidence from unconscious action inhibition

Estudio sobre la intuición artificial

Subliminal (latent) processing of pain and its evolution to conscious awareness

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