Affiliation:
1. University of Southern Maine, USA
Abstract
This chapter asks, How can we respond to complex social events before we are aware of what we think? It answers that question by reviewing research studies that show that humans can make use of what they have stored in memory without being aware of that knowledge. Evidence gathered from behavioral economics, social psychology, developmental psychology, discourse analysis, brain research, physiology, linguistics, and clinical psychology points to a view of how we think that should change our understanding of how we communicate. Social intuition theory captures that view and entails our rethinking how human communication works.