Early in his career C.W. Eriksen published in Psychological Review what turned out to be a highly impactful critique on methods and findings on the topic of unconscious influences on discrimination and awareness. His incisive commentary on extant methodology employed at that time – especially the heavy dependence on subjective reports – clearly was heard by others moving forward, as evidenced by the subsequent, lively discussions within the literature concerning the very definition of the notion of unconscious processing. Of equal importance, Eriksen’s paper provided an impetus for the development of more refined techniques for manipulating perceptual awareness and for measuring the consequences of those manipulations. My purpose in this essay is to ensure that Eriksen’s seminal contributions concerning unconscious phenomena remain within the awareness of the many current investigators working on this popular topic.

职业生涯早期，埃里克森（CW Eriksen）发表在《心理评论》上事实证明，这种方法对无意识影响歧视和意识的方法和发现产生了很大的影响。他对当时使用的现存方法论的深刻评论，特别是对主观报告的严重依赖，显然被其他前进的人们听取了，随后文献中关于无意识加工概念的确切定义进行了热烈讨论。同样重要的是，埃里克森（Eriksen）的论文为开发更精细的技术提供了动力，这些技术用于操纵知觉并测量这些操纵的后果。