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A comparison of forgetting in an implicit and explicit memory task

D M McBride1, B A Dosher

  • 1Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine 92697-5100, USA.

Journal of Experimental Psychology. General
|January 4, 1998
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This study found that implicit and explicit memory tasks show similar forgetting rates and forms. This suggests they may originate from the same memory system or different systems with identical forgetting dynamics.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Distinguishing between implicit and explicit memory systems is crucial in cognitive psychology.
  • Prior research on forgetting rates for these memory types has yielded conflicting results.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether implicit and explicit memory tasks exhibit differences in the form or rate of forgetting.
  • To clarify the relationship between implicit and explicit memory systems based on forgetting dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Reviewed existing experimental data on word-stem completion and explicit control tasks.
  • Conducted experiments measuring forgetting in comparable implicit (stem completion) and explicit (stem cued recall) memory tasks.

Main Results:

  • The form and rate of forgetting were found to be essentially the same for both implicit and explicit memory tasks.

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  • Differences in task conditions primarily affected the level of initial learning, not the forgetting dynamics.

    • Conclusions:

    • The findings suggest that implicit and explicit memory tasks may rely on the same underlying memory system.
    • Alternatively, they could represent different systems that share identical forgetting dynamics.