unconscious thought

collocation in English

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unconscious
adjective
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/ʌnˈkɒn.ʃəs/us
/ʌnˈkɑːn.ʃəs/
in the state of not being awake and not aware of things around you, especially as the result of a ...
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thought
noun[C or U]
uk
/θɔːt/us
/θɑːt/
the act of thinking about or considering something, an idea or opinion, or a set of ideas about a ...
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(Definition ofunconsciousandthoughtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This strategy follows one strict rule, making conscious thought rather thanunconsciousthoughtthe preferred mode of thinking.
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Day residues are left over daily issues that bring up someunconsciousthought.
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The first step is called condensation, and it is the combining of differentunconsciousthoughtinto one.
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It is difficult to map this strategy onto conscious andunconsciousthought.
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Results show that nonexperts do about as well in all conditions but experts perform better in theunconsciousthoughtcondition.
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Objects or situations in your dream, actually represent something else, commonly anunconsciousthoughtor desire.
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Therefore,unconsciousthoughtactually leads to better choices when encountering complex issues.
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The unconscious inability to process more than one word at a time has led these researchers to conclude thatunconsciousthoughtis unsophisticated.
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On the other hand,unconsciousthought, deliberation without attention, is often considered to lead to poor choices.
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They propose that conscious thought is more efficient at dealing with simple issues, whereasunconsciousthoughtis better at dealing with complex matters.
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This rule is very strict and can only be accomplished by conscious thought and notunconsciousthought.
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Jammers want to disrupt theunconsciousthoughtprocess that takes place when most consumers view a popular advertising and bring about a dtournement.
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It is important to note thatunconsciousthoughtmay conform to rules even though it does not follow them.
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However, withunconsciousthought, the quality of choice does not deteriorate with increased complexity, but will in fact remain the same.
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As in frank hypnosis, repressedunconsciousthoughtmay be more likely to come forth rather than consciously suppressed evidence.
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Cou maintained that curing some of our troubles requires a change in our subconscious/unconsciousthought, which can only be achieved by using our imagination.
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Half the participants were allowed to think about the cars for 4 minutes (conscious thought condition) the other half were distracted for those 4 minutes solving anagrams (unconsciousthoughtcondition).
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More fundamentally, it is still unknown what exactly happens neurologically whenunconsciousthought occurs, a more thorough understanding of which may inform those trying to prescribe unconscious or conscious thought.
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Contemporary therapists are beginning to think that dream interpretation may involveunconsciousthought of the client but it also may involve creation of meaning from the therapist.
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Rather, his proposal took the form of a principled argumentation against those who, before him, had stated their belief in the power and sophistication of unconscious thoughts.
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