Journal of Memory and Language

Ad M. M versit E-ma similar forgetting rates for both implicit and explicit instructions. The current study evaluated forgetting for implicit and explicit word-fragment completion. In Experiment 1, forgetting rates were compared for implicit and explicit task performance. Forgetting rates did not differ significantly between the two tasks. In Experiment 2, conscious and automatic memory estimates derived from multinomial models for process dissociation were compared. Forgetting rates for conscious and automatic memory processes did not differ significantly when estimated by a Jacoby equation-based model or by a guessing-elaborated model. Results indicate that forgetting is similar for conscious and automatic memory processes when measured with a fragment completion task for delays up to 45 min. © 2001 Academic Press