Research continues to indicate how imperative it is for us to start protecting our memory earlier in life. But when it comes to implicit vs. explicit memory, what’s the difference? Why are they ...

This post is in response to Intuition Rules: Why therapists rarely say "Just pull yourself together!" By Jeremy E. Sherman Ph.D., MPP In my last article I argued that intuition is powerful but not ...

In my last article I argued that intuition is powerful but not always right. We try to override intuition with will power, saying things like "from now on I won't be irritated with you." A better bet ...

Researchers have, for the first time, identified neural signatures of explicit and implicit learning. Figuring out how to pedal a bike and memorizing the rules of chess require two different types of ...

People with Alzheimer's disease clearly have deficits in explicit memory—the type that can be deliberately accessed. But there is good evidence that some implicit memory processes—those "subconscious" ...

Researchers at the Cognition and Brain Plasticity group of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the University of Barcelona have been tracking the traces of implicit and explicit ...

We tend to think of human memory as if it's one of those old steel filing cabinets: some information gets stashed inside, and when the time comes, we hope we can find it by flipping through the tabs ...