In return, the notion of dual agent allows an set of useful deductions on :
- The way the unconscious operates
- its information set
the welfare function it optimizes
- The role of the unconscious in the agents’ actions
These results allow to shed light on the way the unconscious perceives its environment, interpret it, and acts upon it. These results are validated empirically: they are efficient. Structural analysis is the application of these results to the decyphering of unconscious messages.
* For a detailed presentation of the dual agent, please read → An Economic Approach to the Self: The Dual Agent.