In early first-person methods {introspection}|, people trained themselves to attend to, and think about, their subjective experiences, then report their observations.
People can introspect only mental states that are subjective or have subjective, phenomenological characteristics. Introspection does not reveal body processes [James, 1890] [Titchener, 1904] [Wundt, 1873].
Individuals have large phenomenal-experience differences, and introspective reports are not reproducible. Observing always requires hypotheses about what is happening [Lyons, 1986]. Introspection does not always understand, predict, or control [Barlow, 1987] [Barlow, 1995].
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