title: The impact of fluency on explicit memory tasks in amnesia.
abstract: Abstract Distinguishing implicit and explicit memory and delineating their relationship has haunted memory researchers for decades, and Voss et al. provide an impressive overview of their work examining these issues. We briefly comment on the following: (1) There is evidence indicating that implicit memory impacts cued recall, in addition to recognition; (2) Fluency can manifest as priming in implicit memory or it can be experienced as familiarity (in association with attribution processes) in recognition tasks; and (3) The impact of fluency on accuracy of "guess" responses during recognition memory in normal subjects is reminiscent of similar effects on recognition in amnesia.
authors.affiliation: a Memory Disorders Research Center, VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University School of Medicine , Boston , USA.
authors.forename: Scott M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: Mieke
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verfaellie