Though Mr Schecter's explicit memory made him deny our frequent interactions, his implicit memory couldn't entirely get rid of me.
Although the disease clearly affects explicit memory (the ability to learn or recall events), it doesn't completely expunge implicit memory (which is connected to the emotions).
The data revealed implicit memory for olfactory stimuli.
Recent studies suggest that implicit memory (especially perceptual implicit memory) persists during adequate general anaesthesia in adults.
In other words, implicit memory is emotional as well as durable.
Priming tasks have also been used to investigate implicit memory for visual objects.
Psychological tests of explicit and implicit memory were conducted within 2 h of surgery.
Cross-modal word repetition was used so that perceptual implicit memory would also be limited.
Several studies that investigate the implicit memory under general anesthesia revealed conflicting results.
This contrast between declarative and nondeclarative memory is sometimes lined up with a more controversial distinction between 'explicit' and 'implicit' memory: explicit memories, roughly, can be accessed verbally or otherwise by the subject, whereas implicit memory is memory without awareness.
What's more, he says, "implicit memory systems involve different parts of the brain than explicit memory systems".
