| Minds may track
danger unconsciously
An unconscious
mental process that evaluates real and imagined danger may underlie the
experience of anxiety.
References:
Bargh, J.A., and
T.L. Chartrand. 1999. The unbearable automaticity of being. American
Psychologist 54(July):462.
Wong, P.S. 1999.
An unconscious signal function. Journal of the American
Psychoanalytic Association 47:817.
Further Readings:
Bower, B. 1999.
The mental butler did it. Science News 156(Oct. 30):280.
Sources:
John A. Bargh
New York University
Department of Psychology
6 Washington Place
Seventh Floor
New York, NY 10003
Philip S. Wong
New School for Social Research
Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science
65 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 24, December 11, 1999, p. 372. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |