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For example, an extensive line of research conducted by Hasher and Zacks has demonstrated that individuals register information about the frequency of events automatically ( i. e., outside of conscious awareness and without engaging conscious information processing resources ).

Moreover, perceivers do this unintentionally, truly " automatically ," regardless of the instructions they receive, and regardless of the information processing goals they have.

Interestingly, the ability to unconsciously and relatively accurately tally the frequency of events appears to have little or no relation to the individual's age, education, intelligence, or personality, thus it may represent one of the fundamental building blocks of human orientation in the environment and possibly the acquisition of procedural knowledge and experience, in general.