Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Unconscious Goal Activation and the Hijacking of the Executive Function
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Unconscious goal activation and the hijacking of the executive function.
Building on research on unconscious human goal pursuit and the dynamic nature of our mental and physical world, this study examined the idea that an unconsciously activated goal hijacks executive control for its own attainment. This "hijacking" of the executive function by an unconscious goal should be evidenced by impaired performance on an unrelated task relying on executive control. The resu...
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تاریخ انتشار 2012