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Neurologist David Kaplan, who is currently involved in research with Schacter, explained that information becomes part of implicit memory when certain recognition systems are activated. Implicit memory differs from explicit memory in that one need not understand the information or remember learning...
...while this idea may seem to provide a scientific basis for subliminal learning, students who look forward to acquiring knowledge while they sleep should not be hopeful. Schacter has found that subjects who were exposed to auditory information while asleep are unable to remember it upon waking...
...There may be some role in terms of education," says Schacter, "but it's not going to provide an easy way out for students...
...hope is not lost, however: Schacter found that certain patients who received surgical anesthesia did retain information when they awoke...
...While Schacter's research is not a college student's panacea, colleagues say that they are excited about its significance...