Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:42:01 BST CiteULike: mnq's library [35 articles] http://www.citeulike.org/user/mnq/article/1605752 CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/mnq/article/1605752 <i>Neuropsychology, Vol. 21, No. 4. (July 2007), pp. 497-506.</i><br /><br />The authors examined whether a form of implicit memory that has been unambiguously dissociated from conscious awareness--learning of spatial context on the contextual cuing task introduced by M. M. Chun and Y. Jiang (1998)--is mature in childhood as predicted by an evolutionary view of cognition. School-aged children did not show reliable learning relative to adults who performed the same version of the task or another version that slowed responses to match those of children. Thus, unreliable learning in childhood was mediated by immature implicit representations of spatial context rather than by slower baseline response speed. The present finding is inconsistent with the prediction of the evolutionary view of cognition but consistent with incomplete maturation of medial temporal lobes known to mediate contextual learning. Developmental differences in implicit learning of spatial context. CJ Vaidya M Huger DV Howard JH Howard doi:10.1037/0894-4105.21.4.497 Neuropsychology, Vol. 21, No. 4. (July 2007), pp. 497-506. 2007-08-29T17:08:43-00:00 2007 Neuropsychology 0894-4105 21 4 497 506 contextual cuing