A fresh look at the unconscious thought effect: using mind-wandering measures to investigate thought processes in decision problems with high information load

Unconscious Thought Theory (Dijksterhuis, 2004) states that thinking about a complex problem unconsciously can result in better solutions than conscious elaboration. We take a fresh look at the cognitive processes underlying “unconscious” thought by analyzing data of 822 participants who worked on a...

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Hauptverfasser: Steindorf, Lena (VerfasserIn) , Rummel, Jan (VerfasserIn) , Boywitt, C. Dennis (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 24 June 2021
In: Frontiers in psychology
Year: 2021, Jahrgang: 12, Pages: 1-17
ISSN:1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.545928
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.545928
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