This chapter reviews three classes of unconscious action: actions that can occur when the
subject appears to be in an unconscious state or that transpire without any identifiable …

In recent decades, with advances in the behavioral, cognitive, and neurosciences, the idea
that patterns of human behavior may ultimately be due to factors beyond our conscious …

Prior neuroimaging work on visual perceptual expertise has focused on changes in the
visual system, ignoring possible effects of acquiring expert visual skills in nonvisual areas …

A primary aspect of the self is the sense of agency–the sense that one is causing an action.
In the spirit of recent reductionistic approaches to other complex, multifaceted phenomena …

There is growing evidence from the science of human behavior that our everyday, folk
understanding of ourselves as conscious, rational, responsible agents may be radically …

Abstract As Chomsky notes (1988), unlike machines, we humans can not only be compelled
to act in a certain way, but we can also be inclined to do so. Apparently, the latter state is …

According to many theories of motivation, the principal driver of human behavior is the
affectively driven valuation of actions. Actions are valued by maximizing the difference …

In Telling More Than We Can Know, Nisbett and Wilson (1977) demonstrated the limits of
one's ability to introspect about the nature of cognitive processing. Today, advancements …

Why do people move their eyes, arms, and head as they try to keep information in working
memory? Why do they twirl their hair and tap their feet while trying to sit still in a classroom …

Although it is well accepted that working memory (WM) is intimately related to
consciousness, little research has illuminated the liaison between the two phenomena. To …