yeah - priming is is the real source of psychological insight.
the rest it is *possible* but the priming ACTUALLY seems to
work. Yet, it's possible to defeat priming. A faster awareness
of one's own internal processes [or more keen I guess] and
priming doesn't work, at least the slower forms.
I believe the key is N200 or N400 - I forget which was the magic
general number. It's either somewhere around 200ms or 400ms that
you have some sort of conscious control and at that moment you
choose your response. Usually it's "go along with it". But I
think probably because I think musically, I can fit a lot of
notes separately in a 400ms space (that's only just under 1/2 a
second) - and keep track of them.
So it's harder to 'get me'. I can play the piano at 17 notes per
second easily - that's about 60ms per note. I have conscious
awareness of my fingers and can choose to change them at that
rate of speed. I *think* I can do bursts faster... but I've
damned fast. and clocked it at 17/s.
Anyway, if I'm aware and awake and paying attention, I have
control at that speed. But anything faster than that, probably
not.
But speed and efficiency are ALSO no guarantee of accuracy.
Being introspective though, can defeat priming. Priming is a
'typical' human response. I think some of the visual priming
can't be defeated when they're super-quick though. Not sure.
