Unconscious brain can do math, read

Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 13:30 in Psychology & Sociology

People can process short sentences and solve equations before they're aware of the words and numbers in front of their eyes, finds new research that suggests we might not actually need full consciousness to perform rule-based tasks like reading and arithmetic.

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