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Processing implicit and explicit representations. 1992

D L Nelson, and T A Schreiber, and C L McEvoy

Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33620-8200.

This article summarizes the results of a 15-year research program dedicated to understanding how implicitly activated memories affect remembering and proposes a model for describing such influences. Implicit memories are manipulated by varying the number of associates preexperimentally linked to test cues or to studied words. Assumptions of the model specify when implicit memories of various types are likely to contribute to performance in various tasks. The main assumptions are that encoding involves both explicit and implicit processing components and that these components provide mutually exclusive sources of information during testing. Experiments designed to evaluate the exclusivity assumption are reported, and implications of the findings for several theoretical frameworks are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010153	Paired-Associate Learning	Learning in which the subject must respond with one word or syllable when presented with another word or syllable.	Learning, Paired-Associate,Learnings, Paired-Associate,Paired Associate Learning,Paired-Associate Learnings
D011939	Mental Recall	The process whereby a representation of past experience is elicited.	Recall, Mental
D012153	Retention, Psychology	The persistence to perform a learned behavior (facts or experiences) after an interval has elapsed in which there has been no performance or practice of the behavior.	Psychological Retention,Retention (Psychology),Psychology Retention,Retention, Psychological
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001288	Attention	Focusing on certain aspects of current experience to the exclusion of others. It is the act of heeding or taking notice or concentrating.	Focus of Attention,Selective Attention,Social Attention,Attention Focus,Attention, Selective,Attention, Social,Selective Attentions
D001364	Awareness	The act of "taking account" of an object or state of affairs. It does not imply assessment of, nor attention to the qualities or nature of the object.	Situation Awareness,Situational Awareness,Awareness, Situation,Awareness, Situational,Awarenesses,Awarenesses, Situation,Awarenesses, Situational,Situation Awarenesses,Situational Awarenesses
D014706	Verbal Learning	Learning to respond verbally to a verbal stimulus cue.	Learning, Verbal,Learnings, Verbal,Verbal Learnings