Abstract
The ascription of a proper role to consciousness in mental functions is pursued experimentally in the context of a visual-choice reaction-time task involving the presentation of an irrelevant auditory signal. Experimental Ss were programmed hypnotically in advance “not to hear” the irrelevant tone on half the trials; control Ss were given waking instructions to ignore the tone. The posthypnotic “ablation” of conscious awareness of the tone significantly attenuated its influence upon reaction time, whereas the control instruction had no effect. The results are suggestive in their implication of consciousness as a factor in the processing of cognitive events.
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