Subconscious Thought

Lately I've discovers this second level of thought that I have. I'm pretty sure that every one else has this too because I think it's our subconscious thought, you know, the little feelings you get, opposed to the actual words in your head while you think.

I discovers this one day when I was thinking about quick decsions, like reactions and prioritizing who to shoot in video games. When doing those things you don't have time to actually think about the action you should do to counter what just happened.

Now one will always do the same reaction unless he actually focuses on doing a different one. I'll use an standard first person shooter game for an example.

Now say you run into 2 bad guys, one a standard soldier and the other a sniper. Your lucky enough to catch them facing away shooting friendlies and the sniper is further away from you then the standard enemy. A newbies first reaction would be to shoot at the guy in front of him, but a seasoned veteren would tell you to get the sniper, because he is a larger threat to the team.

It seems that if one wants to react a certain way to a certain event, they must know what the desired reaction is and must train themselves to do so.