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Gambling on the unconscious: a comparison of wagering and confidence ratings as measures of awareness in an artificial grammar task

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posted on 2023-06-07, 18:44 authored by Zoltan DienesZoltan Dienes, Anil SethAnil Seth
We explore three methods for measuring the conscious status of knowledge using the artificial grammar learning paradigm. We show wagering is no more sensitive to conscious knowledge than simple verbal confidence reports but is affected by risk aversion. When people wager rather than give verbal confidence they are less ready to indicate high confidence. We introduce a no-loss gambling method which is insensitive to risk aversion. We show that when people are just as ready to bet on a genuine random process as their own classification decisions, their classifications are still above baseline, indicating knowledge participants are not aware of having. Our results have methodological implications for any study investigating whether people are aware of knowing.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Consciousness and Cognition

ISSN

1053-8100

Issue

2

Volume

19

Page range

674-681

Pages

8.0

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  • Psychology Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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