Involuntary aware memory enhances priming on a conceptual implicit memory task.
This study investigated the role of involuntary aware memory (phenomenological awareness of the study episode) on a conceptual implicit memory task. Subjects studied words under levels of processing conditions (LOP: nonsemantic vs. semantic) and then received a category exemplar generation priming task. Subjects were either aware or unaware of the study test relationship. Subjects who were study test aware showed more priming for semantic study than subjects who were study test unaware, thus producing an LOP dissociation between them. The findings suggest that involuntary aware memory can enhance performance on conceptual implicit memory tasks, thus having theoretical implications for implicit and explicit memory.
Mace
John H
JH
Department of Psychology, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA. JMace@newhaven.edu
D001364:Awareness; D003210:Concept Formation; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D012660:Semantics; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis