An old problem: How can we distinguish between conscious and unconscious knowledge acquired in an implicit learning task?

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 658-672

  Haider, Hilde ^a   Eichler, Alexandra ^a   Lange, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implicit and explicit knowledge; Implicit learning; Inclusion Exclusion task; Stroop congruency effect; Wagering task

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT LEARNING; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051667121     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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