ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the competencies of the neural unconscious. Intentionality is a philosophical term, which is intimately connected to the psychological terms "representation", "desire", "motive", "wish", and "goal-directed behaviour". An unconscious detection does not give rise to a sensation, and as such it does not affect one's behaviour. Empirical research of psychology in general, and thus also the study put forward in the domain of the new unconscious, deals with more or less common characteristics of humans. Considering the problems with the Freudian three-sphere view, it may sound controversial that present views of neurosciences and empirical research might be seen as supporting some Freudian intuitions. That is, objects that have previously satisfied desires may be detected unconsciously, and detection may trigger unconscious neural loops, giving rise to goal-directed behaviour. The researchers of the new unconscious also make distinctions in respect of psychoanalytic views.
