Abstract
According to Unconscious Thought Theory (Dijksterhuis & Nordgren, 2006), complex  decisions are best made after a period of distraction assumed to elicit “unconscious thought”. Here, we suggest instead that the superiority of decisions made after distraction results from the fact that conscious deliberation can deteriorate impressions formed online during information acquisition. We found that participants instructed to form an impression made better decisions after distraction than after deliberation, thereby replicating earlier findings.However, decisions made immediately were just as good as decisions made after distraction, which suggests :
(1) that people had already made their decision during information acquisition,
2) that deliberation-without-attention does not occur during distraction, and
(3) that ruminating about one's first impression can deteriorate decision quality. Strikingly, in another condition that should have favored unconscious thought even more, deliberated decisions were better than immediate or distracted decisions. These findings were replicated in a field study.

Klein, O., Clark, A.E., & Lyons, A. (in press). When the Social Becomes Personal: Exploring the Role of Common Ground in Stereotype Communication. Social Cognition. Abstract

From 26th until 30th August 2009 was held European Social Cognition Network 2 : Transfer of Knowledge Conference in Warsaw (Poland), where Sabrina Pierucci and Stéphane Doyen gave each a presentation.

Pierucci, S., Klein, O. The relational function of gaining shared reality in the Saying-is-Believing paradigm

Doyen, S., Klein, O., Cleeremans, A. Subliminal behavioral priming: It is all in the brain, but whose brain?

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