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Unawareness is more than a chance event: comment on Lovibond and Shanks (2002).
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P. F. Lovibond and D. R. Shanks (2002) suggested that expectancy of the unconditional stimulus and emotional ratings are valid indexes of awareness in Pavlovian conditioning and that participants are aware if they can discriminate the conditional ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Jan
in Journal: J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process
(Language : eng)
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2002 Jan;28(1):27-31
Unawareness is more than a chance event: comment on Lovibond and Shanks (2002).
Wiens S, Ohman A
Psychology Section, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. stefan.wiens@cns.ki.se
P. F. Lovibond and D. R. Shanks (2002) suggested that expectancy of the unconditional stimulus and emotional ratings are valid indexes of awareness in Pavlovian conditioning and that participants are aware if they can discriminate the conditional stimuli. However, research suggests that processes that are irrelevant to awareness affect these measures. Further, as awareness refers to conscious experience, a valid measures needs to index subjective state rather than discrimination ability. In support, research using subjective measures has demonstrated qualitatively different effects depending on whether participants reported being aware or unaware of the stimuli. In this research, participants reported being unaware of the stimuli even though they were clearly able to discriminate the stimuli. These findings question the validity of Lovibond and Shanks' concept of awareness and their suggestion of a close association between conditioning and awareness.
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Stefan | Wiens | S |
| Arne | Ohman | A |
Affiliation: Psychology Section, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. stefan.wiens@cns.ki.se
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