TY - GEN ID - cogprints722 UR - http://cogprints.org/722/ A1 - Lewicki, Pawel A1 - Hill, Thomas A1 - Czyzewska, Maria Y1 - 1992/06// N2 - We are reviewing and summarizing evidence for the processes of acquisition of information outside of conscious awareness (processing information about covariations, nonconscious indirect and interactive inferences, self-perpetuation of procedural knowledge). A considerable amount of data indicates that as compared to consciously controlled cognition, the nonconscious information-acquisition processes are not only much faster but also structurally more sophisticated in the sense that they are capable of efficient processing of multidimensional and interactive relations between variables. Those mechanisms of nonconscious acquisition of information provide a major channel for the development of procedural knowledge which is indispensable for such important aspects of cognitive functioning as encoding and interpretation of stimuli and the triggering emotional reactions. KW - Czyzewska KW - Maria Czyzewska KW - Hill KW - Thomas Hill KW - Lewicki KW - Pawel Lewicki KW - Paul Lewicki KW - Nonconscious KW - Nonconsciousness KW - Non-conscious KW - Non-consciousness KW - Subconscious KW - Subconsciousness KW - Unconscious KW - Unconsciousness KW - Covariation KW - Covariations KW - Indirect inference KW - Indirect inferences KW - Meta knowledge KW - Meta-knowledge KW - Self-perpetuation TI - Nonconscious Acquisition of Information SP - 796 AV - public EP - 801 ER -