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A single self-deceived or several subselves divided?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2011

Douglas T. Kenrick  and
Andrew E. White
Douglas T. Kenrick
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85282. douglas.kenrick@asu.edu aewhite7@asu.edu http://douglaskenrick.faculty.asu.edu/?q=node/10
Andrew E. White
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85282. douglas.kenrick@asu.edu aewhite7@asu.edu http://douglaskenrick.faculty.asu.edu/?q=node/10
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Abstract

Would we lie to ourselves? We don't need to. Rather than a single self equipped with a few bivariate processes, the mind is composed of a dissociated aggregation of subselves processing qualitatively different information relevant to different adaptive problems. Each subself selectively processes the information coming in to the brain as well as information previously stored in the brain.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 29 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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