A gap in Nisbett and Wilson's findings? A first-person access to our cognitive processes

► According to Nisbett and Wilson, we are usually unaware of our decision processes. ► Our experiment shows that we can access them through specific introspective acts. ► The first act consists in retrieving precisely the moment of the decision. ► The second one consists in redirecting attention towards the decision processes. ► These mental acts can be elicited by skilled guidance in the context of an interview.