Reber, A. (1995). Implicit Learning and Tacit Knowledge: An Essay on the Cognitive Unconscious. New York, Oxford University Press. [buy book]
Table of Contents
1. Introductory Remarks
On Learning
On Nativism and Empiricism
On Evolution
On Methods and Measures of the Contents of Consciousness and the Unconscious
On Intelligence and Instruction
A Note on Terminology
A Rapid Historical Overview
A Personal Aside
2. Implicit Cognition: The Data Base
The Polarity Fallacy
On the Primacy of the Implicit
On Functionalism
Some Assumptions
Experimental Procedures
Empirical Studies of Implicit Learning
Methodological Issues in Implicit and Explicit Learning
3. Evolutionary Considerations: The Primacy of the Implicit
Some Introductory Remarks
The Evolutionist's Line
An Evolutionary Context for the Cognitive Unconscious
Hypothesized Characteristics of Implicit Systems
4. Implicit Issues: Some Extensions and Some Speculations
Implicit Learning or Implicit Memory
On Rules
Knowledge Representation
On Consciousness
Prediction and Generation of Events
Nativism and Empiricism
References
Author Index
Subject Index