Patterns of implicit learning below the level of conscious knowledge

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-101

  Yordanova, Juliana ^a,b   Verleger, Rolf ^a   Wagner, Ullrich ^a,c   Kolev, Vasil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conscious knowledge; Implicit learning; Number reduction task; REM; Sleep; SWS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; EXPLICIT MEMORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT MEMORY; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

EID: 78650153744     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000018     Document Type: Article

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