TY - JOUR T1 - Understanding implicit memory. A cognitive neuroscience approach. A1 - Schacter,D L, PY - 1992/4/1/pubmed PY - 1992/4/1/medline PY - 1992/4/1/entrez SP - 559 EP - 69 JF - The American psychologist JO - Am Psychol VL - 47 IS - 4 N2 - Dissociations between implicit and explicit memory have attracted considerable attention in recent memory research. A central issue concerns whether such dissociations require the postulation of separate memory systems or are best understood in terms of different processes operating within a single system. This article presents a cognitive neuroscience approach to implicit memory in general and the systems-processes debate in particular, which draws on evidence from research with brain-damaged patients, neuroimaging techniques, and nonhuman primates. The article illustrates how a cognitive neuroscience orientation can help to supply a basis for postulating memory systems, can provide useful constraints for processing views, and can encourage the use of research strategies that the author refers to as cross-domain hypothesis testing and cross-domain hypothesis generation, respectively. The cognitive neuroscience orientation suggests a complementary role for multiple systems and processing approaches. SN - 0003-066X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/1595984/Understanding_implicit_memory__A_cognitive_neuroscience_approach_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -