What Is Perception Without Awareness?
Written by Trevor Johnson on October 23rd, 2009 in Self Development.
Perception without awareness occurs when the brain receives information from a particular stimulus. The brain does not remember actually seeing or hearing the stimulus but (of course) it is there nonetheless. After time passes, the stimulus will have affected the person through their behavior or thoughts, even though they don’t realize this has happened.
But how does one know when this has occurred? When a person’s thoughts or behaviors have been affected by the direct stimulus is how we know that perception without awareness has occurred. Several things have to take place for anyone to be absolutely certain that this has taken place.
You do not remember hearing the song because your friend might have been talking to you at the time. However, your brain heard the song and is now replaying it for you. This occurrence is sometimes mistaken for extra sensory perception (ESP).
The first person is excited and declares that they must have extra sensory perception because they were thinking about the song before their companion started to hum it. In all actuality, the song had been playing in the store. Because the first person was so preoccupied, they never heard the song.
Sometimes we call this having an epiphany moment, but many times it is out brain going about the work of searching the subconscious for information that it already has in order to make a good decision. You do this so often you don’t even know it’s happening most of the time. We are just unaccustomed to the process since we are unaware of it actually happening.
This is different than sitting on your porch with some friends and trying to figure out what the new neighbor does for a living. By taking part in this activity, you are consciously looking for telltale signs of their occupation. Not only is your brain aware at this point, is it actively seeking stimulus. Perception without awareness can give us all kinds of interesting information.
Perception without awareness is actually a type of subliminal messaging. To find out more about this, just click here.
