Unity or Fractionality of Implicit Learning: A Methodological Aspect

Although the field of non-conscious learning is full with debating studies about the dissociation of explicit and implicit systems, not much emphasis is laid on the understanding of the applied methods. In the literature we found convertible application of the tests measuring implicit learning without much empirical support. In this study we made a crossvalidation examination of the three main tests of implicit learning. The findings supported the ominous demands and showed no correlation among the most frequently used measuring paradigms. These inconsistencies led us to propose an explanation of this behavior of the tests and to outline some further steps in research.