In a message dated 10/19/99 8:43:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, seandr@Exchange.Microsoft.com writes: << So, people were sensitive to the meanings of words that they could not consciously perceive. The explanation - semantic analysis of words is largely an unconscious, automatic brain process. If you'd like to read more, go to http://www.millisecond.com/seandr/psych/papers.html. -Sean >> Oh God, Sean, it's such a pity that such good minds still do not know how to think clearly. You haven't "proved" the existence of the unconscious, you've simply demonstrated that you can use the concept of "the unconscious mind" to explain your data. Is it impossible there are other explanations for the phenomena? Jim