Unconscious Thought Effect In Resting And Sleeping State

Since the rise of cognitive psychology in70s of20th century, the scientists began to study unconscious psychological phenomenon from cognitive respect through experimental method, and they confirmed the existence of unconscious and put focus on its feature and inner process mechanism. In the early years of21th century, a new research subject came up, it is the unconscious thought theory on impression, attitude formation, decision-making and problem-solving. This theory divert subjects’attention from object task to distracting task, therefore lead them make unconscious thought decision-making. However many labs didn’t replicate the results. Recent years, some research have shown that some brain areas, such as frontal lobe, parietal lobe and anterior cingulated cortex, which involve advanced cognitive activities like decision-making, have higher activity level in resting state than task performing condition. Meanwhile some research found that there were some unconscious activities about day’s memory consolidation and information processing in brain during sleep.The present study integrating with unconscious thought paradigm and using mobile phone、 stock information as stimulus materials, examine the effect of unconscious information processing in the resting state、task performing state and conscious information processing under different information presented condition; also examine the effect of unconscious information processing in sleeping and day’s distracting condition. We conclude as follows:(1) There is no difference among unconscious information processing effect in the resting state、task performing state and conscious information processing effect when the information presented randomly.(2) When the information presented randomly while mobile phone option as a unit, unconscious information processing effect in the resting state is better than in task performing state and conscious information processing effect, but there is no difference between in task performing state and conscious state.(3) When the information presented by lists while mobile phone option as a unit, unconscious information processing effect in the resting state is better than in task performing state and conscious information processing effect, but there is no difference between in task performing state and conscious state. （4） O n stock p rice predicting(more c omplex)task, unconscious information processing ef f e ct inthe r e st i n g s t at e is b e tter than i n task performing st at e and c onscious information p rocessingef f ec t, but there i s no d i f f e r en c e b etween in t ask p erfor ming st at e a nd conscious s t at e.（5） O n stock price predicting ta s k, the ef f e ct of unconscious information processing withins leep is b et t er t han unconscious i nformation p rocessing without sl ee p, and th i s r es u l t isre p l i c at ed i n r e al li fe decision-making c o n d it i o n.