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Thinking is mostly unconscious

Thinking is mostly unconscious

We are not aware of most of our thought processes. Most of our thoughts are implicit.

And because Associations between concepts is thinking, we are not (most of the time) aware of the concepts we associate with something.


Tags: design psychology

ID: 2021-0211-0748

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Mental models in design

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Visual representations trigger associations

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