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Implicit Learning - Theoretical and Empirical Issues

English · Hardback

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This book presents an overview of explicit knowledge and measured performance and attempts to clarify them in a coherent theoretical framework.

List of contents

Towards a Characterisation of Implicit Learning. The Control of Complex Systems. Implicit Concept Formation. Sequence Learning. Computational Models of Implicit Learning. Neuropsychological Evidence. Practical Implications. Theoretical Implications. References.

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Dianne C. Berry, Zoltan Dienes

Summary

There is considerable debate over the extent to which cognitive tasks can be learned non-consciously or implicitly. In recent years a large number of studies have demonstrated a discrepancy between explicit knowledge and measured performance. This book presents an overview of these studies and attempts to clarify apparently disparate results by placing them in a coherent theoretical framework. It draws on evidence from neuropsychological and computational modelling studies as well as the many laboratory experiments.
Chapter one sets out the background to the large number of recent studies on implicit learning. It discusses research on implicit memory, perception without awareness, and automaticity. It attempts to set the implicit - explicit distinction in the context of other relevant dichotomies in the literature. Chapter two presents an overview of research on the control of complex systems, from Broadbent (1977) through to the present day. It looks at the accessibility of control task knowledge, as well as whether there is any other evidence for a distinction between implicit and explicit modes of learning. Chapter three critically reviews studies claiming to show that people can acquire concepts without being verbally aware of the basis on which they are responding. It shows that concept formation can be implicit in some sense but not in others. Chapter four investigates the claim that people can learn sequential information in an implicit way. Chapter five looks at whether computational modelling can elucidate the nature of implicit learning. It examines the feasibility of different exemplar connectionist models in accounting for performance in concept learning, sequence learning, and control task experiments. Chapter six reviews evidence concerning dissociations between implicit and explicit knowledge in various neuropsychological syndromes. Finally, chapters seven and eight discuss the many practical and theoretical implications of the research.

Product details

Authors Dianne C Berry, Dianne C. Berry, Zoltan Dienes
Publisher Psychology Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.11.1993
 
EAN 9780863772238
ISBN 978-0-86377-223-8
No. of pages 208
Dimensions 157 mm x 235 mm x 16 mm
Weight 459 g
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology
Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works

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