Implicit working memory

Ran R. Hassin; John A. Bargh; Andrew D. Engell; Kathleen C. McCulloch

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2009.04.003

Implicit working memory

Ran R. Hassin^*, John A. Bargh, Andrew D. Engell, Kathleen C. McCulloch

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Department of Psychology

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Abstract

Working Memory (WM) plays a crucial role in many high-level cognitive processes (e.g., reasoning, decision making, goal pursuit and cognitive control). The prevalent view holds that active components of WM are predominantly intentional and conscious. This conception is oftentimes expressed explicitly, but it is best reflected in the nature of major WM tasks: All of them are blatantly explicit. We developed two new WM paradigms that allow for an examination of the role of conscious awareness in WM. Results from five studies show that WM can operate unintentionally and outside of conscious awareness, thus suggesting that the current view should be expanded to include implicit WM.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	665-678
Number of pages	14
Journal	Consciousness and Cognition
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2009.04.003
State	Published - Sep 2009

Keywords

Automaticity
Consciousness
Executive functions
Unconscious
Working memory

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