Ask Mark 6.9 - The role of the unconscious
Channel: UCT CILT
Date: 2016-05-30

Ask Mark 6.9 - The role of the unconscious

Professor Mark Solms from the University of Cape Town (UCT) a question (see below) posed to him on UCT's free online course, "What is a Mind?", hosted by FutureLearn. For more information on visit http://bit.ly/1JB2Dxf .

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Question: I have always thought of the unconscious as a mysterious aspect of our brains. The way you frame it sounds as though it is merely to operate functions that don’t need our conscious thought i.e. breathing, walking a familiar route to work, etc. Or do you feel that the unconscious has more of a role to play in how we behave?