In recent years, considerable debate has arisen on the subject of implicit learning (learning without awareness). In particular, researchers argue over whether implicit learning gives rise to unconscious knowledge, and whether it gives rise to abstract knowledge. This book presents the views of many of the leading researchers in the area in relation to these and other questions.

CH 1 - INTRODUCTION; D BERRY ; CH 2 - ABSTRACTNESS OF IMPLICIT KNOWLEDGE: A COGNITIVE EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE; R MATHEWS AND L ROUSSEL ; CH 3 - NONCONSCIOUS INFORMATION PROCESSING AND PERSONALITY; P LEWICKI, M CZYZEWSKA AND T HILL ; CH 4 - REPRESENTING ARTIFICIAL GRAMMARS: TRANSFER ACROSS STIMULUS FORMS AND MODALITIES; L MANZA AND A REBER ; CH 5 - TRANSFER OF IMPLICIT KNOWLEDGE ACROSS DOMAINS: HOW IMPLICIT AND HOW ABSTRACT?; Z DIENES AND G ALTMANN ; CH 6 - A SUBJECTIVE UNIT FORMATION ACCOUNT OF IMPLICIT LEARNING; P PERRUCHET AND J GALLEGO ; CH 7 - IMPLICIT LEARNING FROM AN INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDPOINT; M ST JOHN AND D SHANKS ; CH 8 - PRINCIPLES FOR IMPLICIT LEARNING; A CLEEREMANS ; CH 9 - CONCLUDING NOTE: HOW IMPLICIT IS IMPLICIT LEARNING?: D BERRY