TITLE:
Does System 1 Process both Local and Nonlocal Information in Intuitive Judgment and Decision Making? Available Evidence and a Research Agenda Proposal
AUTHORS:
Patrizio Tressoldi
KEYWORDS:
System 1; System 2; Unconscious Information Processing; Nonlocal Information
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.4 No.11,
November
19,
2013
ABSTRACT:
This paper argues that System 1, (the
mental processing system mainly involved in the processing of unconscious
information) in contrast to System 2, (mainly involved in the processing of
conscious information), processes not only local information conveyed by
sensory organs, but also nonlocal ones, that is, those beyond the detection
range of sensory organs. The striking similarities observed between the characteristics
of local and nonlocal information processing by System 1, offer the possibility
of using most of the experimental protocols used to investigate local
information for the nonlocal information. Available evidence is presented and a
research agenda is outlined that could raise fascinating questions and answer
about the functioning of the human mind.