Implicit Memories

Definition

These are memories that we don't deliberately remember or reflect on consciously. They are typically formed from habits and other types of conditioning.

Related terms

Procedural Memory: This is a type of implicit memory that aids the performance of particular types of tasks without conscious awareness of these previous experiences.

Classical Conditioning: A learning process in which an innate response to a potent stimulus comes to be elicited in response to a previously neutral stimulus; this is often used in behavioral training.

Habituation: The diminishing of a physiological or emotional response to a frequently repeated stimulus.