Open Peer Commentary Dienes & Perner: Implicit and explicit knowledge
Unconscious motivation and phenomenal knowledge: Toward a comprehensive theory of implicit mental states
Robert F. Bornstein a1 a1 Department of Psychology, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 17325
bbornste@gettysburg.edu
Abstract
A comprehensive theory of implicit and explicit knowledge
must explain phenomenal knowledge (e.g., knowledge regarding one's
affective and motivational states), as well as propositional
(i.e., “fact”-based) knowledge. Findings from several
research areas (i.e., the subliminal mere exposure effect, artificial
grammar learning, implicit and self-attributed dependency needs) are
used to illustrate the importance of both phenomenal and propositional
knowledge for a unified theory of implicit and explicit mental
states.
