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==Research in [[cognitive psychology]]==

Lewicki is best known for his research on nonconscious information processing and self-perpetuation, where he demonstrated that [[procedural knowledge]] in many cases can be created via nonconscioussubconscious acquisition of information about complex covariations between events or features, and that nonconsciouslysubconsciously, individuals can acquire very complex knowledge structures based on highly-multidimensional patterns of data.<ref Name="American Psychologist">Lewicki, Paul, Hill, Thomas, & Czyzewska, Maria (1992). Nonconscious acquisition of information. American Psychologist, 47, 796-801</ref>

Lewicki's research on the self-perpetuating development of encoding dispositions purports to show that accidentally acquired (and even very slight) cognitive preferences or other encoding/interpretive dispositions can gradually develop and strengthen in a self-perpetuating manner.<ref name="American Psychologist"/> This mechanism may contribute to the development of [personality traits and individual preferences, it may facilitate learning, but it can also lead to self-perpetuating development of dysfunctional biases, [[phobias]], aversions and other symptoms of [[personality disorders]].