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implicit memory test

a memory test that elicits nonconscious memories by instructing participants to respond with whatever first comes to mind. Despite the participants’ lack of conscious recollection of prior events, the tests show the effects of these events in terms of the speed of participant response or the content of the memories they retrieve. The tests are often organized into three categories: perceptual, conceptual, and procedural. They can also be verbal or nonverbal. Examples of implicit memory tests include word-stem completion (perceptual, verbal); picture-fragment identification (perceptual, nonverbal); general knowledge tests and category production tests (conceptual, verbal); object categorization (conceptual, nonverbal); reading inverted text (procedural, verbal); and mirror drawing (procedural, nonverbal). Also called indirect memory test. Compare explicit memory test. See also conceptual test; identification–production distinction; perceptual test.

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January 14th 2025

limbic lobe

limbic lobe

a fifth subdivision of each cerebral hemisphere that is often distinguished in addition to the four main lobes (see cerebrum). It comprises the cingulate cortex, parahippocampal gyrus, and hippocampal formation.