Abstract

RAFFAELLI, Rafael. Inattentional blindness and preconscious perception. Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2002, vol.4, n.1, pp.61-71. ISSN 1516-3687.

The experimental studies on preconscious perception have a link with the cognitive studies on inattentional blindness. Some of the experiments developed to study the preconscious perception are based on Psychoanalysis, following the writtings of Freud about dream interpretation. Some aspects of the psychoanalytical theory on cognition are analyzed in a metapsychological point of view. In the 70’s the experimental studies on conscious perception described the change blindness effect due to ocular movement. The studies on inattentional blindness are based on Neisser’s research about selective looking and deal with the phenomenon of temporary perceptive annulment of certain objects by lacking of attention. The methodology and practical implications of those studies are analysed in brief.

Keywords : Attention; Preconscious perception; Inattentional blindness; Cognition; Psychoanalysis.

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