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Tulving, Endel; Schacter, Daniel L. – Science, 1990
Priming is a nonconscious form of human memory. Presents evidence and reasoning that priming and perceptual identification are expressions of a single perceptual representation system. (YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Learning Processes, Memory
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John, E. R.; And Others – Science, 1986
Reviews a study which sought to obtain a quantitative metabolic map of the neurons mediating a specific memory. Research results support notions of cooperative processes in which nonrandom behavior of high ensembles of neural elements mediates the integration and processing of information and the retrieval of memory. (ML)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Experiments, Learning Processes, Memory
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Kihlstrom, John F. – Science, 1987
Addresses implications drawn from contemporary research in cognitive psychology which deal with the impact of nonconscious mental structures and processes on an individual's experience, thought, and action. Discusses the information-processing perspective, automatic processes, subliminal perception, implicit memory, hypnotic alterations, and the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Encoding (Psychology)
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Waldrop, M. Mitchell – Science, 1987
Explores the central thesis of cognitive science that the mind is an information processor. Discusses the study of reading as an opportunity to gain insight into how that processor works. Provides several examples that illustrate some of the relationships between eye movement, short-term memory, and long-term memory. (TW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, College Science, Eye Fixations