Erschienen:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022
Erschienen in:
Psychological Research, 86 (2022) 5, Seite 1442-1457
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1007/s00426-021-01594-3
ISSN:
0340-0727;
1430-2772
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AbstractThis article aims to continue the debate on how explicit, conscious knowledge can arise in an implicit learning situation. We review hitherto existing theoretical views and evaluate their compatibility with two current, successful scientific concepts of consciousness: The Global Workspace Theory and Higher-Order Thought Theories. In this context, we introduce the Unexpected Event Hypothesis (Frensch et al., Attention and implicit learning, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2003) in an elaborated form and discuss its advantage in explaining the emergence of conscious knowledge in an implicit learning situation.