The part in the title about being outside of consious awareness is not really accurate to the story. This is happening before the cortex. There's tons of other stuff happening in the cortex that is outside of conscious awareness. It's not that this is unconscious thats interesting, most things are unconscious, its that it happens even before the cortex.
fugee99 t1_j8emxub wrote
Reply to The brain can rapidly detect and process fearful faces that are otherwise invisible to the eye. There appears to be a neural pathway for detection of fear, which operates automatically, outside of conscious awareness. by Wagamaga
The part in the title about being outside of consious awareness is not really accurate to the story. This is happening before the cortex. There's tons of other stuff happening in the cortex that is outside of conscious awareness. It's not that this is unconscious thats interesting, most things are unconscious, its that it happens even before the cortex.