It would be pushing at an open door to state that the study of consciousness is challenging
because it attempts to develop an epistemically objective approach to a phenomenon that is …

Just as vision scientists study visual art and illusions to elucidate the workings of the visual
system, so too can cognitive scientists study cognitive illusions to elucidate the …

John M. Doris presents a new account of agency and responsibility, which reconciles our
understanding of ourselves as moral agents with psychological research on the …

In this article we argue that self-deception evolved to facilitate interpersonal deception by
allowing people to avoid the cues to conscious deception that might reveal deceptive intent …

It is widely believed that people have privileged and authoritative access to their own
thoughts, and many theories have been proposed to explain this supposed fact. The Opacity …

It is well established that neural imaging technology can predict preferences for consumer
products. However, the applicability of this method to consumer marketing research remains …

No values figure as pervasively and intimately in our lives as beauty and other aesthetic
values. They animate the arts, as well as design, fashion, food, and entertainment. They …

Every day, thousands of polls, surveys, and rating scales are employed to elicit the attitudes
of humankind. Given the ubiquitous use of these instruments, it seems we ought to have firm …

My thesis is: introspection is not a single process but a plurality of processes. It'sa plurality
both within and between cases: most individual introspective judgments arise from a …

The well-known experiments of Nisbett and Wilson lead to the conclusion that we have no
introspective access to our decision-making processes. Johansson et al. have recently …