Department of Philosophy, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1G9 Canada.
Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.
Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Apr;37(2):142-3. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X1300201X.
Our conscious abilities are learned in environments that have evolved to support them. This insight provides an alternative way of framing Huang & Bargh's (H&B's) provocative hypothesis. To understand the conflict between unconscious goals and consciousness, we can study the emergence of conscious thought and control in childhood. These developmental processes are also central to the best available current evolutionary theories.
我们的意识能力是在进化以支持它们的环境中习得的。这一观点为黄和巴尔赫(H&B)的挑衅性假设提供了一种替代的框架方式。为了理解无意识目标和意识之间的冲突,我们可以研究儿童时期意识思维和控制的出现。这些发展过程也是当前最佳进化理论的核心。