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On the Relationship between Implicit and Explicit Modes in the Learning of a Complex Rule Structure.
Reber, Arthur S.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1980
Reber found that subjects given neutral instructions to memorize letter strings from a synthetic language learned more about the underlying grammar than those instructed to try discovering the rules for letter order. Two experiments explored the relationship between implicit and explicit processes in the acquisition of complex knowledge.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Grammar, Higher Education
