Effects of elaborative processing on implicit and explicit memory for new associations.

@article{Schacter1986EffectsOE,
  title={Effects of elaborative processing on implicit and explicit memory for new associations.},
  author={Daniel L. Schacter and Peter Graf},
  journal={Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition},
  year={1986},
  volume={12},
  pages={432-444},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:30683264}
}
  • D. SchacterP. Graf
  • Published 1 July 1986
  • Psychology
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition
Previous research has demonstrated that priming effects on word-completion tests are influenced by newly acquired associations between normatively unrelated words. This phenomenon, which we call implicit memory for new associations, can occur independently of explicit remembering but requires elaborative processing of study materials. The present experiments explored further the relation between elaborative processing and implicit memory for new associations. Results indicated that implicit… 

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