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How "implicit" are implicit color effects in memory?

Hubert D Zimmer1, Astrid Steiner, Ullrich K H Ecker

  • 1Department of Psychology, Saarland University, Germany. huzimmer@rz.uni-sb.de

Experimental Psychology
|June 11, 2002
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Implicit memory effects for color preference are not independent of explicit memory. This study suggests that implicit and explicit color recollection share the same underlying episodic memory traces.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Memory Studies
  • Visual Perception

Background:

  • Previous research indicates implicit memory effects in color choice.
  • The independence of these effects from explicit memory was previously undetermined.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether implicit color preference memory is independent of explicit episodic color recollection.
  • To determine if implicit and explicit memory rely on distinct or shared memory traces.

Main Methods:

  • Experiment 1: Naming or judging color appropriateness of line drawings.
  • Experiment 2: Subjects colored silhouettes during the study phase.
  • Experiment 3: Employed the opposition technique to isolate implicit effects.

Main Results:

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  • Weak implicit memory effects were observed for categorical color information in Experiment 1.
  • In Experiment 2, implicit selections correlated strongly with explicit color memory.
  • No implicit effects were found for items lacking explicit recollection in Experiment 3.

Conclusions:

  • Implicit color preference effects are dependent on explicit recollection.
  • Implicit and explicit color memory likely share common episodic memory traces.