Consciousness
Abstract
This chapter clarifies the definition and reviews recent theories of consciousness, such as the dual systems framework, global workplace theory, and higher-order theory. Aspects of conscious experiences are useful in studying tourism decisionmaking, memory, emotions, tourism behaviour, and other topics related to tourism psychology. For instance, studies on conscious experiences of decisionmaking are useful to better understand destination choice and tourists’ emotions elicitation, unconscious biases help to understand tourism attitude formation, while explicit and implicit cognition research provides insights to destination image attributes. Future studies may consider using objective and subjective methods of studying consciousness in the tourism context.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
6-24-2024
Volume
27
Publication Title
Tourism Social Science Series
Publisher
Emerald
School
School of Arts and Humanities
Copyright
Subscription content
First Page
73
Last Page
83
Comments
Scott, N. and Skavronskaya, L. (2024), "Consciousness", Cognitive Psychology and Tourism (Tourism Social Science Series, Vol. 27), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 73-83. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-504320240000027007