... in this case the test included the fragment _O_O_GA_ and fragments of words that were not included in the original word list. From their obtained results they concluded that as participants showed repetition priming, in other words, because their performance improved on words they had seen previously, that conscious recollection is not required in the fragment completion test as it is a test of implicit memory. To support this conclusion they stated that further research had revealed that repetition priming was no greater for target words as it was for those words that were not recognised, this meant, according to them that the repetition priming effect was unrelated to explicit memory (Tulving, Schacter, Stark, 1982). Supporting evidence for implicit memory has also come from studies involving people with amnesia. A key question that would clarify theories of implicit memory was; can amnesics learn new skills? The case of H.M., who ...

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