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Implicit knowledge as automatic, latent knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

John R. Vokey  and
Philip A. Higham
John R. Vokey
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4 vokey@uleth.ca home.uleth.ca/~vokey
Philip A. Higham
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada V2N 4Z9 highamp@unbc.ca quarles.unbc.ca/psyc/higham/
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Abstract

Implicit knowledge is perhaps better understood as latent knowledge so that it is readily apparent that it contrasts with explicit knowledge in terms of the form of the knowledge representation, rather than by definition in terms of consciousness or awareness. We argue that as a practical matter any definition of the distinction between implicit and explicit knowledge further involves the notion of control.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , October 1999 , pp. 787 - 788
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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